Bethlehem - Ma'an - The Israeli Kan channel claimed that the Hamas movement maintains two battalions in the military wing for the day after the war, and does not involve them in the fighting. Earlier, Israeli Channel 12 said that Israel informed US envoy Amos Hockstein that the operations in Rafah were nearing an end. She added that Israel informed the American envoy that the end of operations in Rafah would affect the region and the Lebanon front. Source: Maan News Agency