Iran opposes Hamas' agreement to cease-fire as Israeli troops increase, Israel's ground forces made the deepest advance into Gaza City since the start of the ground offensive recently, encountering fierce resistance from armed elements of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas). Meanwhile, the Israeli military announced that it has begun deploying reservists into the Gaza Strip. This is the first time that the Israeli military has dispatched reservists to the Gaza Strip since the launch of the offensive, which the media interpreted as a strong signal of entering a new phase of the offensive.