Energy Minister Eli Cohen addresses rumors of potential months-long blackouts if the war expands, says these rumors are baseless and Israeli energy production has many redundancies.

<p>Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke with Hamas diplomatic bureau head Ismail Haniyeh and consoled him on the death of three of his children in an Israeli airstrike.</p>

<p>Suspected shooting attack in Barkan in Samaria. A terrorist apparently opened fire from a moving vehicle at an Israeli vehicle. Forces are searching the area.</p>

<p>The IDF confirmed that Earlier today, directed by IDF and ISA intelligence, IAF aircraft struck three Hamas military operatives that conducted terrorist activity in the central Gaza Strip.</p><p>The three operatives that were struck are Amir Haniyeh, a cell commander in the Hamas military wing, Mohammad Haniyeh, a military operative in the Hamas terrorist organization, and Hazem Haniyeh, also a military operative in the Hamas terror organization.</p><p>The IDF confirms that the three operatives are the sons of Ismail Haniyeh, chairman of Hamas's political bureau.</p>

A short while ago, IAF fighter jets struck a military compound where terrorists were operating in the area of Ayta ash Shab and additional terrorist infrastructure in the area of Khiam in southern Lebanon. Earlier today, the IDF fired in order to remove a threat in the area of Naqoura.

The IDF stated that the strike that killed three of the political bureau chairman's sons was not authorized by the Chief of Staff or the political echelon since was in "real-time" against terrorists who were on their way to commit an act of terror.

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre says President Biden condemns all violent rhetoric when asked about anti-America, anti-Israel rally in Michigan, does not say Biden will condemn it himself.

Axios reports that CENTCOM commander Gen. Erik Kurilla will visit Israel on Thursday to coordinate around a possible attack on Israel by Iran and its proxies.