The military spokesman for the Al-Quds Brigades, the military arm of the Islamic Jihad movement, announced the movement's readiness to release the Israeli detainees Hanna Katsir and the boy Yagil Yaakov "for humanitarian reasons."

In a video statement, the spokesman said that the Al-Quds Brigades "are an integral part of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, and we stand shoulder to shoulder with the Al-Qassam Brigades."

He added that the Israeli enemy has been trying for many days to advance towards Gaza from several axes, but has suffered defeat, as he put it.