'Israel has withdrawn all ground troops from southern Gaza' - News. ANSA.
Only the Nahal Brigade remained on site with the task of keeping safe the so-called 'Netzarim Corridor' which crosses the Strip, along the coast from the northern border, near Kibbutz Beeri, to the south. The Qatari newspaper 'Al-Arabi Al-Jadid', reported by the Israeli media, reported from Egyptian sources of a possible temporary ceasefire in Gaza for the upcoming Eid al-Fitr holiday.