IDF spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari says terrorists have been unable to infiltrate into Israel from the Gaza Strip in the past two days.
“They haven’t crossed the fence in the last two days. The terrorists are killed on the fence, there are still hundreds of bodies of terrorists in this area that we have not yet removed,” he says in a press conference.
He says Hamas, in its initial attack on Saturday, “intended to occupy the area, not raid and return to Gaza.”
“During our counterattack, we drove them back to the Strip, except for a few who remained in the area and we are still chasing them,” Hagari says.
On Israeli hostages held by the terror group, Hagari says the military has notified the families of 60 captives.
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