The occupation expands its bombing of Rafah, and battles continue in the cities of Gaza and Khan Yunis. An Al Jazeera correspondent said that 6 Palestinians - including a Palestinian woman and her daughter - were martyred and others were injured in an Israeli bombing that targeted two homes in Rafah.
In Gaza City, the occupation forces continued to bomb residential squares north and southwest of the city, as part of a plan to create a buffer zone near the security fence. The Israeli army announced the death of a soldier due to wounds he sustained in the Gaza battles. This brings the announced number of Israeli officers and soldiers killed to 564.