An Israeli airstrike targeted a vehicle in Gaza City, resulting in one fatality and several injuries.
Hamas's top financial official, Mohammed Abu Alwan, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, according to a joint statement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz.
Abu Alwan headed the group's financial department. The IDF has not yet issued a statement on the strike.
Soldiers deployed to Israel will be under U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), attached to a Joint Task Force consisting of military personnel from both Egypt and Qatar.
US officials say CENTCOM is going to establish a "civil-military coordination center" in Israel that will help facilitate the flow of humanitarian aid.