The name of another soldier who fell in battle in the northern Gaza Strip in clashes with terrorists was permitted. Staff Sgt. Noam Yosef Abu, 20, from Dimona, a soldier in the 931st Battalion, from the Nahal Brigade.
In the same incident, a soldier from the 198th Battalion was also wounded.
IDF Spokesperson
Earlier today, extensive artillery and air strikes were reported in the Gaza Strip. Above Shifaa Hospital in northern Gaza City, flares were fired. Palestinian reports on IDF activity in the area.
According to a military source to Reuters, the next phase of the ground operation is to focus on the tunnels. As of Wednesday, the main task of soldiers on the ground, with the assistance of the Corps of Engineers, is to locate and destroy as much as possible of Hamas' underground system, which is estimated to stretch around 500 kilometers (Reuters).
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