Israeli armored vehicles passed Wadi Gaza last night and entered the southern sector of the Strip, settling on the arterial road Khan Yunis-Deir el-Ballah. Other armored vehicles took up positions on Deir el-Ballah beach. This was reported by local sources reported by various press outlets according to which last night there were fighting between the army and Hamas militiamen in the nearby area of Karara. As the Israeli air force continues its bombing, military spokesman Avichay Adraee ordered the evacuation of the center of Khan Yunis, after some neighborhoods were cleared yesterday. The orders are to reach the city of Rafah.
The armed wing of Hamas and its affiliated Islamic Jihad also announced that they had fired rockets at Tel Aviv and other Israeli cities; according to the Israeli army, over 250 rockets were launched; two soldiers were killed.
The Israeli army continues to bomb the Gaza Strip and has hit "over 400 targets" since the end of the truce last Friday. This was announced by the IDF, while the death toll, 240, was provided by the Health Minister of Gaza, run by Hamas.
The resumption of war produced new deaths and blocked the release of hostages. Prisoner exchange negotiations are over and will not resume until Israel halts military operations in Gaza and hands over all Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons. A Hamas official told Al Jazeera. Israel withdrew its Mossad negotiating delegation to Doha, Qatar, after an impasse in negotiations to continue the truce.