Military expert: Operation Al-Zana is qualitative and confirms that the resistance maintains its capabilities. The Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), announced that it had caught an Israeli force in an ambush.
The brigades said that they had killed 6 Israeli soldiers, wounded others, and targeted 3 Merkava tanks, stressing that confrontations were still continuing in that area. Today, the Israeli army announced the recovery of the body of detainee Katzir during a commando operation.