Following the attack on Kerem Shalom and the partial breakdown of talks with Hamas, the IDF has launched a limited operation to seize the Rafah crossing into Egypt and attacked terrorists and terror infrastructure.

Colonel Ayman Al-Batniji, who until recently served as spokesman for the Hamas police, managed to escape from the Strip along with his two sons through the Rafah crossing.

Egyptian President el-Sisi claims that a hostage deal will be signed in the coming days and that his country never closed the Rafah crossing for Palestinians.

According to a report in Times of Israel and as conveyed by Army Radio, Egyptian officers told their counterparts that it would criticize but otherwise not try to prevent an operation in Rafah is steps are taken to protect civilians.

According to the WSJ, Israel wants immediate notification of efforts to smuggle weapons and the ability to send drones into the area, while Egypt considers both to violate their sovereignty.

The discovery of enormous caches of arms in Gaza which could only have come via smuggling across the border has increased the IDF's need to take control of it.

Hassan Atrash, the Hamas leader responsible for trading in and producing weapons for Hamas, was eliminated in an aerial strike in Rafah.

The IDF struck a series of structures belonging to the Hamas security forces on the Gaza-Egyptian border, which served among other things to aid smuggling via Egypt.

While the IDF has killed many Hamas terrorists and commanders and others are surrendering, the hard nut of the organization still hasn't entirely cracked.

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Egyptian media reported that after establishing a field hospital, Egypt will open Rafah crossing for the first time for the Palestinian wounded.

Another shipment of humanitarian aid entered the Gaza Strip today through the Rafah Crossing, in accordance with coordination between Israel and the United States. The aid has been inspected by Israeli authorities before being brought in.

The American media reports that despite American and international commitments, the shipments that entered Gaza were not inspected or verified at all, and it is not known what they contained.