Al-Duwairi: Gallant's talk about dismantling Hamas's power was repeated and refuted in the north. Military expert: Real dilemma is continuing efforts to establish a security buffer zone.

Gallant had conducted an inspection tour of the Israeli forces in Khan Yunis, and said that the army had dismantled the Hamas movement’s force there, and that it would complete its operations in the city and then move south to Rafah. According to an interactive map broadcast by Al Jazeera, the intensity of operations has not diminished and is concentrated in the western, northern and southwestern regions.