Israel Checking on Its Communities Near Border With Gaza

“As we’re speaking, the situation in Israel is still not fully under control,” said IDF spokesman Jonathan Conricus in a live briefing on X social-media platform, around 1:30 a.m. Tel Aviv time. He estimated there were a “high number of hundreds” of militants who crossed over, but didn’t say how many might remain. He said IDF had killed more than 200 terrorists so far. Israel has maintained that Hamas is responsible for deaths and casualties on both sides.