Lieutenant general Herzi Halevi, chief of the general staff was visiting troops inside Gaza when he said that Israeli forces would operate just as forcefully in the south as they had already in the North.

以色列总参谋长赫尔齐·哈列维中在访问加沙境内的部队时表示，以色列军队将像在北部一样在南部采取强有力的行动。