An Israeli military spokesman said Friday that the two Bibas children were savagely beaten to death by the terror group and didn't die in an IDF

The Israel Defense Forces stands ready to redeploy throughout the Gaza Strip, should the Cabinet give the order, according to military sources, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu set an ultimatum for Hamas to release hostages by noon on Saturday.

The IDF will deploy three additional battalions as early as Friday morning to reinforce the Judea and Samaria region following the terrorist attacks in Bat Yam. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened an urgent security consultation Thursday night after coordinated attacks in Metropolitan Tel Aviv,

The security assessment at the IDF Southern Command base lasted some four hours and focused on “the IDF's operational plans for various scenarios.”

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Speaking to cadets graduating from the IDF Ground Forces combat officers course, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warns that Israel is "ready to return at any moment to intensive combat. The operational plans are ready,

During his speech, Netanyahu vowed total victory, stating, "All of our hostages, without exception, will return home," he says. "Hamas won't rule Gaza. Gaza will be demilitarized, and its fighting force will be dismantled," The Times of Israel quoted Netanyahu as saying.

The IDF was instructed to increase its activities in the West Bank and to keep a close eye on the terrorists who have been released from prison during the ceasefire.

Thursday marked the latest return of deceased hostages as part of the group's ceasefire deal with Israel. Israel and Hamas had confirmed the names of the four bodies returned to Israel Thursday as Oded Lifshitz, a journalist and peace activist, and Shiri Bibas and her two children -- Ariel and Kfir Bibas.

Defense Minister Israel Katz noted that "Forty thousand Palestinians have so far been evacuated from the Jenin, Tulkarm, and Nur a-Shams refugee camps, which are now empty of residents."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday night ordered the military to conduct a “massive” counter-terrorism operation in Judea and Samaria, after three buses exploded near Tel Aviv and bombs were found on two others in what is being investigated as a coordinated attack.