Israeli army deploys additional troops to Gaza

The Israeli military has announced that it has sent additional troops and arms to Gaza, including reinforcements in the Netzarim Corridor and along the enclave’s borders.

These extra forces are in addition to three divisions already operating in the strip and pledged to “destroy terrorist infrastructures and undermine Hamas’ capabilities until all the war’s goals are achieved”.

It added that there will be no reduction of forces in Rafah or in the Philadelphi Corridor, which runs along Gaza's border with Egypt.