Brazil's president compares Israel's military operation to Holocaust. Israel's Foreign Ministry summoned the Brazilian ambassador.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the Brazilian president's words as "shameful and serious" Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant now sees the Islamists' fighting spirit broken. The Hamas leadership abroad is already looking for a replacement for Jihia al-Sinwar. The militia only has organized forces in the central Gaza Strip and in Rafah, the southern border town with Egypt. The largest hospital is inoperable.