Audio is put up on screen: A Hamas terrorist calls his father:

"Father, I killed 10 Jews! Check your WhatsApp! I sent you the photos! Father, I killed 10 Jews! I killed 10 Jews with my bare hands. check your WhatsApp. Father, be proud of me!"

מחבל חשף בחקירתו: "התכנון היה לעבור מבית לבית ולהרוג את כולם, כולל נשים וילדים. קיבלנו הדרכה דתית"
 
Un des terroristes interrogés : "le plan était de passer de maison en maison et de tuer tout le monde, femmes et enfants compris. Nous avons reçu l'aval des autorités religieuses"

The i24 news network reports that 50 hostages with dual citizenship are on their way to southern Gaza where they are set to be released into the custody of the Red Cross.
 
The report cannot be immediately confirmed.
 
A statement from the Prime Minister’s Office attributed to a senior diplomatic source says “Israel will not be a party to a ‘selection’ for holders of foreign passports for release,” referring to a process that singles out certain groups.
 
IDF Spokesman Daniel Hagari does not deny the report, but says the public will be updated when there is something to know.

This doesn’t mean troops won’t enter Gaza — even perhaps soon — as air strikes continue in the meantime. But the nature of their operation is being reconsidered on a daily basis as some security veterans urge caution that Israel should respond methodically rather than in a rage to avenge the Hamas onslaught of Oct. 7 that left 1,400 Israelis dead.
 
“No harm is done by waiting with a ground operation,” Yaakov Amidror, a former national security adviser, said on television late Sunday. “Every day that passes benefits us and hurts Hamas, and the more time passes, the less the air force will be needed in Gaza, so it will be possible to move it up north.”
 
Dismantling Hamas — labeled a terrorist organization by the US and European Union — remains the goal. Defense Minister Yoav Gallant reiterated on Friday that Israel’s ultimate objective is to create a “new security reality” for the region. That, though, requires patience, according to security veterans.
 
Others say that the longer the ground move is delayed, the likelier it is to shift in nature, becoming more focused on specific targets rather than a broad takeover. Indeed, the word being used increasingly is “maneuver” rather than “invasion.”

Another sign that Israel’s leadership is rethinking the ground war comes from the sudden prominence of a military skeptic, Itzhak Brik, a reserve major general and fellow in counter-terrorism at Reichman University north of Tel Aviv. Brik recorded a video a few months ago saying the Israeli military is woefully unprepared for the challenges ahead. He’s opposed to moving troops into Gaza.
 
Brik was largely ignored, but is now being treated by some as a visionary and met twice recently with Netanyahu, whose supporters have flooded social media with the video. In it, he predicted that Hezbollah would rain 5,000 missiles per day on Israel and send 8,000 troops to occupy the north.
 
Then, in an eerie forecast of what did happen in the south this month, he added that militants would enter towns and seek to slaughter residents, with the army incapable of stopping them.
 
It all points to the need for more preparation, and ensuring the US is on board, according to Avi Melamed, a former intelligence officer and author on Arab affairs. “Take your time,” he said by telephone. “There must be coordination between Israel and the United States. It’s very possible this is happening now. But we must be patient.”

The @USNavy
 says the USS Carney used SM-2 missiles and its 5” guns to shoot down 4 land attack cruise missiles and 15 drones.