Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, IMOD Director General Maj. Gen. (Res.) Eyal Zamir, IDF Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, and other top IDF officials held an operational situation assessment on Sunday morning.
The army reported that fighting was still happening on Monday in seven to eight different places within Israel that were close to the Gaza Strip between Israeli soldiers and Hamas militants.
“We’re still fighting. There are between seven to eight open places around Gaza (where) we have still warriors fighting terrorists,” military spokesman Richard Hecht told reporters, two days after the Palestinian Islamist group launched a surprise attack on Israel.
“We thought by yesterday we would have full control. I hope we will by the end of the day.”
During the night Israel carried out more than 500 air and artillery strikes targeting Hamas and Islamic Jihad militant groups in the coastal enclave.
AFP
