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Israel will destroy Hamas, no matter how long it takes, and will finish the war stronger, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an unusual address on Friday night.

"This is just the beginning," he said. "Our enemies have only begun paying the price and I will not say more. This is just the beginning."

Lapid: Netanyahu sent Israel into a frenzy for nothing

Opposition head Yair Lapid attacked Netanyahu for not giving any new information while inducing anxiety among Israelis for an unusual address during Shabbat. 

"How can Israel's prime minister send an entire nation into a frenzy for an unusual Friday night statement only to then say nothing on the hostages, the North, the evacuations," Lapid charged.

"A prime minister should not make these statements unless he has new information."

לא ייתכן שראש ממשלת ישראל יכניס מדינה שלמה לסחרור חרדה בהמתנה להצהרתו בשישי בלילה בזמן של חירום ואז לא יגיד דבר חדש לא על משפחות החטופים, לא על חזית הצפון, לא על המפונים. הצהרות כאלה לא עושה ראש ממשלה אלא אם כן יש לו מידע חדש להביא לעמו ולארצו.

— יאיר לפיד - Yair Lapid (@yairlapid) October 13, 2023

During his short address, Netanyahu also stressed that Israel, through talks with US Secretary of State Lloyd Austin, is "ensuring the continuation of fighting" with American supply on its way to Israel.

A direct rocket hit was reported in Rehovot as sirens sounded in Tel Aviv and nearby cities as Hamas resumed rocket fire at central Israel on Friday.

An Israeli woman in her 30s was rushed to Wolfson Medical Center in Holon for treatment after being hit by rocket shrapnel, Magen David Adom said.

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The International Committee of the Red Cross said on Friday that humanitarian organizations would not be able to assist more than a million people in Gaza who Israel has given 24 hours to evacuate to the south of the enclave.

"With a military siege in place, humanitarian organizations including the ICRC will not be able to assist such a massive displacement of people in Gaza," ICRC said in a statement.

"The needs are staggering, and humanitarian organizations must be able to increase aid operations."

Call for Gaza civilians to relocate "not compatible with international humanitarian law"

ICRC said Israel's call for the population to relocate south in 24 hours - coupled with a blockade that denies them access to food, water, and electricity - was "not compatible with international humanitarian law."

A 55-year-old man was arrested on Friday on suspicion of posting a seditious message on social media against Israeli female captives in the Gaza Strip.

The arrest was made after a post on Facebook that garnered heavy criticism on social media said: "Just to update that some of the captives who were always at the protests are now enjoying wild sex in Gaza."

The man was arrested on suspicion of incitement and has been taken in for questioning. Additionally, the mobile device in his possession and a computer found in his apartment were seized.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a security assessment on Friday afternoon along with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Minister Benny Gantz and Minister Gadi Eisenkot, Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, Arye Deri and defense establishment senior officials in the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv.

A staffer at the Israeli embassy in Beijing was assaulted on Friday and was hospitalized in stable condition, Israel's foreign ministry said, and Chinese police said a suspect had been arrested.

The attack did not occur within the embassy compound itself, the Israeli foreign ministry said, which is just one embassy over from that of the United States and in an area with a number of other embassies and a heavy police presence.

The suspect was a foreign worker, aged 53, who was engaged in a small commodities business in Beijing, local police said in a statement, and an investigation was underway.

A blast tore through the separation fence along Israel's northern border with Lebanon, the IDF confirmed on Friday.

Israeli artillery forces are firing at targets across the border. Lebanese media reported fire was ongoing between Israeli forces and Hezbollah terrorists.

In addition, an alert sounded for a suspected terrorist infiltration in Hanita, in Western Galilee, south of the Lebanese border.

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Sires sounded in Tel Aviv and nearby cities as Hamas resumed rocket fire at central Israel on Friday.

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A blast tore through the separation fence along Israel's northern border with Lebanon, the IDF confirmed on Friday.

Israeli artillery forces are firing at targets across the border.

In addition, an alert sounded for a suspected terrorist infiltration in Hanita, in Western Galilee, south of the Lebanese border.

This is a developing story.

Sirens sounded in the southern Gaza border town of Bnei Netzarim over a suspected hostile aircraft intrusion near Israel's border with Egypt on Thursday.