Israel’s ground offensive is just around the corner with the Israeli army on standby now confirming that the next stage of the conflict is only a matter of time. The Israeli military said it was preparing for an extensive campaign in Gaza and for “the implementation of a wide range of offensive plans that include, among other things, a comprehensive and coordinated attack by air, sea and land.”

“Israeli army battalions and soldiers are being deployed across the country and are ready to increase readiness for the next stages of the war, with a focus on a major ground operation,” the IDF’s official website said.

Israeli military spokesman Peter Lerner earlier said the bodies of some Israelis abducted during the attack by the Palestinian militant group Hamas were found on the outskirts of the Gaza Strip, without elaborating.

Indeed, he mentioned that there is a possibility that terrorists have infiltrated the territory of Israel.

“We are neutralizing the Hamas organization, the leaders, everyone – from the first to the last,” he said and added that “We are determined to remove this terror forever, Hamas will never again be able to use the territory of Gaza to launch attacks on Israel».

He pointed out that Hamas, which in any case continues to fire rockets, is in a state of disarray and has hidden in the tunnels

In fact, according to haaretz, IDF aircraft attacked a unit of terrorists who attempted to infiltrate Israeli territory during the mortar shelling in the northern area of ​​Mount Dov.

The IDF spokesman said about 30 mortar shells were fired into Israeli territory.

At the same time, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s national security adviser admitted during a press conference today that his statement a few days before the Hamas attack on Israel that the deterrence of an attack by Hamas was working was error.

“That was wrong,” he said, adding that the miscalculation was shared by Israel’s intelligence services as a whole. “There is no doubt that the State of Israel has not fulfilled its mission,” said Zahi Hanegbi.

The national security adviser said Israel received no specific notification from Egypt or anywhere else about the October 7 attack by Hamas on Gaza.

The head of Israel’s Shin Bet internal security services, Ronen Barr, was summoned for an emergency briefing at 04:00, two and a half hours before the attack began, on new intelligence evidence, but it did not warrant mobilization, Zahi Hanegbi told reporters. . “It was not a specific warning of what was to come,” he said.

Israel’s national security adviser also said hostilities with Lebanon’s Hezbollah group appeared to be limited in scale and warned the Shiite group against taking action that could lead Lebanon to “disaster.”

The limited-scale clashes on the Lebanese-Israeli border show that Hezbollah remains “below the threshold of escalation,” he added.

Earlier, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Israeli soldiers deployed outside the Gaza Strip, his office announced, releasing a video of the meeting.

The terror group’s surprise raid on Saturday in southern Israel killed hundreds of Israelis, mostly civilians.

Netanyahu is heard asking the soldiers: “Are you ready for the next stage? The next stage is coming.”

He did not elaborate further in the video, which only shows the soldiers nodding in response to his question.