The spokesperson for the Israeli army, Admiral Daniel Hagari, revealed in a press conference that the army has obtained sensitive intelligence that proves the connection between Hamas and Iran. He stated, "31 of the 136 hostages in Gaza have died." He added, "We have informed 31 families that their detained loved ones have passed away, and thus we announce their deaths." He mentioned that "our forces are conducting extensive operations in the beach area in northern Gaza." The spokesperson for the Israeli army's Arab media, Avichay Adraee, published details of documents that Israel claims to have found in Gaza: "We are publishing today part of the intelligence information that our forces discovered, which indicates the direct relationship between Iran and Hamas in general, and between Iran and Yehya Sinwar in particular. We found an official document issued by Hamas, dated 2020, which includes details of the financial amounts transferred from Iran from that year..."