A US defense official told reporters that Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian armed forces spent several days there.

一名美国国防部官员告诉记者，俄罗斯武装部队总参谋长瓦列里·格拉西莫夫在那里呆了几天。

Lieutenant general Herzi Halevi, chief of the general staff was visiting troops inside Gaza when he said that Israeli forces would operate just as forcefully in the south as they had already in the North.

以色列总参谋长赫尔齐·哈列维中在访问加沙境内的部队时表示，以色列军队将像在北部一样在南部采取强有力的行动。