JERUSALEM: Israel’s military chief on Wednesday said the country’s forces would keep operating “proactively” in the Gaza Strip, vowing to “continue to pursue those responsible” for Hamas’s October 7 attack that triggered the war. “In the Gaza Strip, we have struck Hamas, significantly weakened it, and fundamentally changed the security reality,” Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said while visiting troops in Gaza, according to a military statement.

Israel’s military chief on Wednesday said the country’s forces would keep operating “proactively” in the Gaza Strip, vowing to “continue to pursue those

The statement came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel had not agreed to a US-backed plan for Gaza.