Israel-Gaza live updates: France, UK, Canada recognize Palestinian statehood

The Israel Defense Forces are working to bring the remaining Hamas fighters in Gaza to the "breaking point," spokesperson Nadav Shoshani told ABC News.

Shoshani said there are still "thousands" of Hamas fighters in Gaza City.

"They are losing more than they are recruiting", he added.

ABC News also questioned the disconnect between the IDF's prediction that the ground operation in Gaza City could take "months" and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio's recent suggestion that the operation should be "concise."

"We are operating to have this war over as fast as possible," Shoshani said. "But this war has to be over with the right conditions. No Hamas in power that can carry out another massacre of civilians for no reason."

Asked why the IDF has not published the evidence it says it has that Hamas has been operating from the high-rise buildings in Gaza City which the IDF has been targeting in recent days, Shoshani claimed Hamas uses high rise buildings as "a viewpoint" to activate improvised explosive devices against Israeli troops.

-ABC News' Tom Soufi Burridge, Dorit Long, Lukasz Konopa and Dragana Jovanovic

Two men were killed when a gunman opened fire at the Allenby Crossing that connects Israel and Jordan, the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement on Thursday.

Security forces killed the gunman who allegedly arrived at the crossing "in a truck transporting humanitarian aid from Jordan," according to the IDF.

A spokesperson for the Magen David Adom, Israel's national emergency medical services organization, said two men whose ages were approximately 60 and 20 years old were pronounced dead.

A statement from Hamas after the incident called it a "heroic operation."

The Allenby Crossing is one of five land border crossings between Israel and countries to the east and south, and is one of the crossing points for humanitarian aid destined for Gaza.

Jordan is investigating the shooting, its Foreign Ministry said in a post on X Wednesday.

"Jordan condemns and rejects as a violation of the law and a threat to the Kingdom's interests and its ability to deliver humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip," the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says in the post.

The statement describes the driver who allegedly opened fire as “a civilian who began working three months ago as a driver to deliver aid to Gaza.”

According to the ministry, 22 Jordanian aid trucks crossed the bridge into Israel Thursday. The ministry said it is "following up ... on the conditions of the drivers who crossed the bridge today to deliver aid to Gaza, to ensure their immediate return to Jordan."

-ABC News' Jordana Miller

Four Israel Defense Forces soldiers have been killed in southern Gaza, the IDF said in a release on Thursday.

One cadet was also severely injured, the IDF said.

These are the first deaths the IDF has announced since the start of their Gaza City ground offensive earlier this week.

-ABC News' Jordana Miller

Israeli forces began conducting strikes on what it says are targets belonging to Hezbollah in southern Lebanon Thursday, the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement.

Shortly before the IDF said they were striking targets in southern Lebanon, they warned residents in three villages to evacuate buildings they said belonged to Hezbollah, the IDF spokesperson for Arab media Avichay Adraee said in a post on X.

-ABC News' Jordana Miller and Dorit Long