The Bislamach Brigade -- the IDF's School for Infantry Corps Professions and Squad Commanders in peacetime -- has been withdrawn from southern Gaza's Rafah after a week and a half of operations. The IDF says the brigade will now prepare for additional operations. This week,… pic.twitter.com/CGqJRbfSzf

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant following a flight over the Gaza Strip and the northern border in a fighter jet vows that hostage negotiations with Hamas will "only be conducted under fire." "The strikes and the plumes of smoke where the IDF attacks are clearly visible to the eye,… pic.twitter.com/f9eyX5zodW

'Why should we be surprised? In every place we have withdrawn from in the Gaza Strip, we saw the resurgence of Hamas' @JerusalemCenter's Dr. Jacques Neriah speaks on terrorists attempts to breach the Israeli fence near Rafah pic.twitter.com/N0cuhdtyQF

'Lets be clear that it is Hamas that is rejecting this deal' Former U.S. Diplomat @silverrj99 examines hostage-ceasefire negotiations to bring the 124 people in captivity home pic.twitter.com/vn6veI2kq3