Fighting ongoing in Strip, but IDF limiting some activity for Alexander's release -- reports

A security source tells Channel 12 news that troops have not been instructed to hold their fire in the Gaza Strip, amid conflicting reports about a temporary ceasefire aimed at facilitating the release of hostage Edan Alexander.

“Adjustments have been made for the release, but the army continues with normal operations,” the source says, according to the network.

The Kan broadcaster also says that there is no ceasefire in Gaza, but military activity across the Strip is being limited to avoid harming the release process of Alexander today.

IDF troops and Gazan fighters exchanged fire in the Shejaiya neighborhood of Gaza City a short while ago, Kan notes.