Excerpt: “Today marks forty-nine days since the launch of renewed operations, whose purpose is to increase pressure on Hamas in order to bring them to negotiations for the release of hostages. The operation has achieved many accomplishments: the elimination of senior terrorists, the opening of the ‘Morag’ corridor, significant dismantling of terrorist infrastructure, the dismantling of the Hamas’ Rafah Brigade, and achieving full operational control over the area between the Philadelphi Corridor and the Morag Corridor. Despite all the achievements – Hamas remains stubborn in its position. We have a structured plan, we are making progress, and we are moving on to a new and more intensified phase of the operation in Gaza. The objective of the operation is the return of our hostages, the dismantling and decisive defeat of the Hamas regime. These are two goals that are intertwined. The operation will include a wide-scale operation involving the movement of the majority of the Gaza Strip’s population – in order to protect them in a Hamas-free zone. The operation will include continued airstrikes, elimination of terrorists, and dismantling of terrorist infrastructure. We will replicate the model implemented in Rafah in other areas of the Strip as well. A large-scale reserve mobilization has been carried out for the operation, we have issued call-up orders to tens of thousands of reservists.”