The war cabinet decided to open a second water line to the southern Gaza Strip claiming it would legitimize continuation of the operation.

If we give in, terrorists will not worry about being caught, trusting that if in Israeli prisons, they will be freed in a prisoner exchange

The IDF announced that, earlier today, a terrorist cell carried out launches toward Israeli territory. A short while ago, an IDF aircraft struck the terrorist cell in the Har Dov area. During the strike, weapons that the terrorists planned to use for additional launches toward Israeli territory were destroyed.Furthermore, in response to the launches that were carried out from Lebanon toward the Har Dov area earlier today, IDF fighter jets struck Hezbollah's military infrastructure.

<p>Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with US President Joe Biden amid the expansion of the IDF's ground offensive in the Gaza Strip.</p>

<p>Russian Ambassador to Israel Anatoly Viktorov was summoned to the Israeli Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem to hear Israel's objection following the visit of a Hamas delegation to Moscow. Deputy CEO of the Foreign Ministry's Eurasia Branch Simona Halperin made clear to the Russian Ambassador that Israel sees the lack of an unambiguous and clear condemnation of Hamas by Moscow and Russia's conduct in the international organizations with severity.</p><p>"Hosting the leaders of Hamas, who are directly responsible for the murderous terror attack on the 7th of October, the kidnapping of hostages, and the blood of over 1400 Israelis is on their hand, gives a message that terrorism against Israel is legitimate," the Foreign Ministry stated.</p>

Rioters gathered at the Makhachkala airport and searched for Jews and Israelis. The flight was rerouted to another airport.

A short while ago, a terrorist cell attempted to launch anti-tank missiles from Lebanon along the northern border and was struck by the IDF.In addition, a terrorist was identified operating a drone that approached Israeli airspace in the area of the security fence. An IDF UAV struck the terrorist. Furthermore, a terrorist who approached the security fence in Hanita was killed.

Dr. Hagi Ben Artzi: 'Netanyahu also contributed to strengthening Hamas. The failure is huge – the rabbis were right, the generals failed.'