Al Jazeera's correspondent reported that dozens were martyred and injured as the Israeli bombing continued on the north and south of the Gaza Strip. Israeli Channel 12 said that the army had begun preparations to launch an operation in Rafah in the event of the collapse of prisoner negotiations.
The Israeli army announced that 22 soldiers were injured in Gaza during the past 24 hours. The Al-Qassam Brigades - the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement - announced that its fighters were able to snipe an Israeli soldier in the vicinity of Al-Shifa Medical Complex.