The IDF Spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari stated that the IDF’s 98th Division began operational activity in the Khan Yunis area following intelligence indicating the presence of terrorists and terror infrastructure in the area of Khan Younis in southern Gaza. The IDF is operating above and below ground to eliminate terrorists as part of the effort to degrade the terror organizations' capabilities throughout the Gaza Strip as they attempt to regroup. Alongside the operational activity, the IAF struck more than 30 Hamas terror targets in Khan Younis including weapons storage facilities and terrorist gathering areas. Furthermore, a number of terrorists, including terrorists at the tactical level who planned and carried out mortar and sniper fire attacks toward IDF troops and the State of Israel, were eliminated in the strikes.