Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant visited the area in southern Gaza where eight soldiers were killed in a Hamas attack, pledging the bombardment will go on, Al Jazeera reports.

“At the border of the Gaza Strip, together with the desert patrol battalion, [Israeli forces] continue to fight […] and are sent to appropriate missions in every sector in the air, at sea and on land,” said Gallant.

“The price is heavy but it is a battle of determination and perseverance to overwhelm the enemy.”