Replay: Israel Army Gives Press Briefing

Good evening. The IDF is at a very high level in all areas, in defense and in attack, we are at a high level in all areas. The most important thing to say this evening is that we are focused and will remain focused on the fight in Hamas. In Gaza, our forces continue to fight. In the north, we attacked military bases of the Syrian army in the Syrian area in response to a shooting on our territory and will continue to attack any shooting on our territory. This afternoon, I call on you, the public, to continue to act responsibly and professionally in all areas. This evening, I call on you, the public, to continue to act responsibly and professionally as you have been doing so far, and to listen to the instructions of the IDF. They are being updated on the website and we will make sure that the public knows what the instructions are. Continue to look at the websites. We will update you on everything necessary. These instructions save lives. Also tonight, we will not forget for a moment that one of the goals of the war is to create conditions for the retaliation of the hijackers. This is a national mission that is in front of the eyes of every soldier and commander and we will continue to do everything in order for this to happen. Questions? Meir Bartsiano from 13 News. According to the evening forecast in Lebanon, are you expecting a fire to the center of the country or a significant fire to Haifa, the third largest city in Israel? And the second question, at your disposal, are you intending to increase the evacuation of refugees in the north? I want to answer clearly, as I said in the stop. I am not referring to what is being heard here or elsewhere. We are focused on a war in Hamas from the beginning of the road and so we will continue to do so. In the evening, we update the public on the instructions. When necessary, we update and update and change measures in the evening, in the morning, in the morning. We will do it and we will continue to do it. The public is also responsible. We will continue to act responsibly. We will update and implement life-saving measures. Eli Hirschman, 12 News. Good evening. On the Tel Araviyah network, they pretend to be a secret Hamas and do not pretend to close the talks for the acquisition of hijackers. I want to ask you how you see the chances of the acquisition of additional hijackers this evening? Until now, I have not been able to relate not to a mission or a gift and not to an acquisition. It is not right to do it here in the media. It is not right to do these things in crowded places, in crowded contacts. This is how we have acted so far. We will continue to act in this way. Let it be clear. The effort to recover the hijackers is an effort in the order of superior preferences, intelligence, operational, and also what you referred to as a mission or a gift. Our job, the army, is to ease the military pressure and create the conditions in order to reach the recovery of the hijackers. Natalie Mitoko, 11 News. What is known to Israel about the weapons that the Hamas mission has in Lebanon? And do they have the ability to broadcast long and accurate? We are acting against the Hamas organization. It is true that there are terrorist activities of Hamas from different areas. We will continue any terrorist activity that is carried out on the territory of the State of Israel, to attack it. Sometimes before the threat occurs, sometimes if it occurs after it, to look and kill the person who carried it out. This is how we have acted so far. Throughout the entire war, we do not change anything in our directive. We are focused on the war and Hamas. We will continue to do this from any area that is active against us. I would like you to refer to a letter that was sent this week against Roi Ifrach, who returned to fight. He entered Gaza for a few weeks and participated in the battles. He stole weapons and ammunition from areas of the war. He even took pictures with the Prime Minister and the Defense Minister. How did the IDF find out about this and let him enter the room? This is a very serious incident that is being investigated by the police and, in my opinion, by the General Security Service. Together with the IDF, we will check everything. We will finish the investigation and, if possible, we will present all the facts. A serious incident. We are focusing on the directives, of course, as well as the theft of weapons and all the things you mentioned. It is being investigated. We will make sure that it ends. Thank you very much. Good evening.