Al-Qassam targets a troop carrier in Khan Yunis, killing and wounding the rescue force. Israeli Army Radio reported that a soldier died from wounds he sustained two days ago in the southern Gaza Strip.
More than 6,800 officers and soldiers had been injured since the beginning of the war, including 4,716 soldiers from the reserve forces. 600 dead since the Al-Aqsa Flood operation on October 7, including 264 among them. An officer and a soldier since the start of the ground operation on the 26th of the same month.