Herzog calls the two-state solution a “reward for Hamas”. Prime Minister Netanyahu insists on the offensive in Rafah despite international criticism.

Israeli expert believes that the military operation in Khan Yunis will soon be completed. Palestinian medics reported on Saturday that around 40 people were killed and numerous injured in Israeli air strikes in Deir al-Balah and Nuseirat in the central section of the Gaza Strip. Israeli army said that "a number of operational command and control centers in which Hamas terrorists were operating" had been attacked.