The Israeli navy conducted a targeted raid from the Mediterranean Sea into southern Gaza, where authorities said they destroyed Hamas's naval infrastructure.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have continued to conduct strikes and limited incursions into Gaza ahead of their upcoming ground offensive. Israeli military officials said the compound the Flotilla 13 unit targeted was used by Hamas's naval commando forces.

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"As part of the operation, the forces destroyed terrorist infrastructures of the terrorist organization Hamas and operated in a compound used by the organization's naval commando forces. Additional vessels of the navy and aircraft took part in the attack," the IDF said in a statement. "The troops left the area upon completion of the mission."

Israel also sent tanks and troops into Gaza for a limited incursion overnight for the second consecutive night. The raid took place near the Shejaiya neighborhood in eastern Gaza City, while Israeli drones and combat helicopters provided air cover, according to the military. The forces struck anti-tank missile launch sites, command and control centers, and terrorists themselves. No troops were injured in the brief incursion, and the troops left Gaza after the mission.

Separately, the IDF said it killed a Hamas commander, Madhath Mubashar, who was commander of the western battalion for the city of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.

Israeli leaders have announced that a full ground invasion will come, but operational details have remained tightlipped. They have said the goal of the invasion, which will be very difficult and bloody given a variety of circumstances on the ground, is to render Hamas no longer a threat to Israel.

The current war was sparked by the Hamas terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7, where militants crossed over the border and proceeded to kill roughly 1,400 people, the vast majority of whom were civilians. Some of the victims were burned alive, tortured, and executed, and there were instances of beheadings and sexual violence.

Israel has launched thousands of airstrikes, pulverizing much of Gaza's infrastructure, leading to the deaths of thousands of civilians. The Hamas-controlled Palestinian health ministry has claimed that Israeli strikes have killed thousands, but those numbers cannot be independently verified, and the Biden administration has cast doubt on the validity of those figures.

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Both Israeli, United States and most Western leaders have expressed concern about the possibility of the conflict broadening with Israel's adversaries joining the war. Iranian proxies in the region have launched a dozen and a half attacks against U.S. troops in the Middle East over the last week and a half, while U.S. forces responded on Thursday night with strikes against two Syrian facilities used by Iranian forces.

As Israel prepares for the possibility of a two-front war, the government is preparing to advance new measures that would allow Israeli police to use live fire ammunition against citizens who are blocking roads or entrances to towns, according to the Times of Israel. The policy had been pushed earlier this year by far-right politician Itamar Ben-Gvir.