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Timeline of Operation Protective Edge. For events pertaining to the conflict which occurred before 8 July 2014, see Operation Protective Edge Background and Operation Brother's Keeper.

Week 1

8 July

In preparations for a potential escalation in fighting, the IDF called up 1,500 reserves on 7 July. These reserves were positioned around southern Israel and were working on training in case of escalation. The IDF continued calling up additional reserves on 8 July, stating plans to call up 40,000 or more. Due to the rocket fire from Gaza into Israel, the Israeli government closed all summer camps within 40 km (24 miles) of Gaza and universities canceled their final exams; and 37,000 Gazan students who had completed high school had their graduation delayed. Additionally, all gatherings of 300 or more were banned, and requested all people stay at home or near shelter.

In the early morning of 8 July, Israel struck at least 50 targets in Gaza, injuring 17 people. This was followed by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu instructing the IDF to "take their gloves off" against Hamas and instructed them to take any means necessary to restore peace to Israeli citizens. As the afternoon progressed, the IDF continued their targeted retaliation, including the home of senior Hamas member Abdul Rahman Juda, who was using his home as a control and command center.

Additionally, the IDF targeted and killed Muhammad Sa'aban a commander of Hamas's naval commando unit. The IDF targeted the homes of Hamas members Eiad Sakik, Abdullah Hshash, Samer Abu Daka, and Hassan Abdullah. The Palestinians have confirmed that all homes were called by the IDF prior to bombing, asking residents to please leave.

Late afternoon, Hamas announced that all Israelis are now legitimate targets. Early evening, the Iron Dome Defense system shot down a rocket over Tel Aviv. Shortly afterward, five armed Palestinians attempted to cross into Israel via the beach at Kibbutz Zikim. Gunfire ensued with the IDF, resulting in the death of all five Palestinians. A short while later, a parachute was found abandoned near Yad Mordechai and a Gaza tunnel exploded near Kerem Shalom.

Hamas, in the evening, held a press conference to express their demands to stop their offense on Israel. Hamas demanded that Israel halt what it termed aggression in Jerusalem; the West Bank; and the Gaza Strip, re-release of the prisoners of the Shalit deal, and the commitment to all the terms of the Operation Pillar of Defense cease-fire. For the first time in recent weeks, Hamas openly claimed responsibility for rocket fire. In addition, the Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for 60 rockets, the Popular Resistance Committees asserted they had fired 17, and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility for three.

Late in the evening, a second rocket was shot down over Tel Aviv. Following this air sirens went off in Binyamina and Hamas stated that a rocket was fired at Haifa. This was all followed by several rockets being fired at Jerusalem and two landing just outside of Jerusalem. Just before midnight, a rocket hit Hadera, 28 miles (45 km) north of Tel Aviv, making it the longest range rocket ever shot into Israel. Upon investigation of the shrapnel, Israel determined it was a Syrian-made M302 Rocket.

By the end of 8 July, IAF and the Israeli Navy had struck 435 targets in Gaza, resulting in the death of at least 23 Palestinians, including two children under five, and over 122 injuries. Also, during the first day 225 rockets were fired from Gaza into Israel and 40 of out of 225 were intercepted.

Property damage in Israel totaled approximately 10 million NIS, from 35 vehicles, 52 buildings, 12 agriculture-related damages reported.

9 July

Just after midnight on 9 July, Abbas announced he would convene an emergency meeting of the Palestinian leadership to discuss the escalation, in addition to contacting Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to attempt to broker a ceasefire.

The IDF confirmed that overnight it struck 160 targets in Gaza, bringing the total to 435 sites that Israel has struck, while from Gaza 235 rockets have been fired. On the morning of 9 July the IDF confirmed that two further rockets had been shot down over Tel Aviv.

In an interview given to The Guardian published in the morning, a spokesperson for Medical Aid for Palestinians stated that at least seven children have died as a result of Israeli air strikes so far.

In the afternoon, the Iron Dome shot down a rocket over Zichron Yaakov, 120 km (75 miles) from the Gaza border. This was immediately followed by two rockets landing in the Mount Carmel region, just short of Haifa; Hamas saif they were responsible, and that Gaza had been hit 500 times in the past two days. The IDF announced that they had struck 129 targets in Gaza including Palestinian militants, rocket launchers, weapons stores, tunnels and command centers.

In the early evening two rockets, believed by Israel to have been aimed at Haifa, landed in an open field in Caesarea. Israel struck a house in Gaza, killing a mother and her two children. Palestinians reported that the Islamic Jihad Communications Commander was killed in IAF strike on his house. Following the Israeli attacks on Gaza, the death toll rose to 43; Abbas called the operation an Israeli genocide. Within the first 36 hours of Operation Protective Edge, Israel hit more targets in Gaza than they had in the full eight days of Operation Pillar of Defense.

As night fell, Hamas fired multiple rockets toward Dimona, which they said were attempting to hit the nuclear reactors. Israel continued to strike Gaza; Palestinian casualties rose to 51 dead and 450 injuries Over the same period of time Magen David Adom reported that there had been no Israeli deaths and 68 injuries, 59 from shock and nine while running for shelter.

As the second day came to an end, the IDF announced that it had hit over 550 targets in Gaza over the first two days. Hamas fired approximately 180 rockets into Israel during the second day. Palestinian casualties were 68 dead ans 550 injured (some of them civilians).

10 July

Shortly after midnight, the UN's Security Council announced that it would hold a special meeting to discuss the current Israel–Palestinian conflict. Several hours later, Ban-Ki Moon announced that he would be addressing the Security Council and that he had already spoken with several world leaders.

Throughout the night, Israel continued their targeted attacks on Gaza, hitting several sites, resulting in 14 additional deaths, including some women and children. Israel vowed to intensify the attacks as the operation enters its third day. Eight of those killed were members of the Kaware family. Israel announced that although the family was warned, and they did leave the house, they returned after the warning shot hit the house. They returned home moments after the second rocket was fired and it was too late to reprogram. In total 320 sites in Gaza were hit overnight.

On the morning of 10 July, Gazan rockets were fired at Tel Aviv, Dimona, Mitzpe Ramon, Eshkol, Ashkelon, Netivot, Yeruham, and other locations. Finance Minister Yair Lapid warned that there would be an IDF ground operation if the rocket fire did not stop. During the morning of 10 July, an IDF Spokesman said that since the beginning of the operation in Israel 234 missiles had exploded and 61 rockets had been hit by the counter-rocket defense system Iron Dome. Israel additionally issued a warning to the 100,000 residents of Gaza near the border with Israel to evacuate their homes, leading many to believe that preparations for an Israeli ground offensive are underway.

In the early afternoon, at an IDF checkpoint on Highway 5, a car with Palestinian plates carrying Palestinians Arabs was stopped. The car contained two cooking gas tanks connected to what is believed to be a detonation device. Shin Bet is investigating what is believed to have been a car bomb. One of the two suspects later confessed they intended to perpetrate a terror attack.

In the late afternoon, Israel struck three Islamic Jihad members, Mahmoud Walud, Hazm Balusha, and Alla'a Abd al-Nabi, whom Israel holds responsible for rockets fired at Tel Aviv. With this strike, the total number of Palestinians killed in day three of the operation reached 33. The IDF also announced that 96 rockets had been fired from Gaza on 10 July and that 442 rockets had been launched over the past three days.

In the early evening, siren went off around Jerusalem, for the second time in the three-day-old operation. Two rockets were shot down over Jerusalem by the Iron Dome and one landed in the Abu Ghosh area.

In the evening, the US Consulate General in Jerusalem announced aid for any US citizens in Gaza who wish to leave. The US Consulate announcement came as Israel announced it would intensify the strikes in Gaza. Additionally, Israel announced that their goal is not a ceasefire, but that they want to fully dismantle Hamas's infrastructure.

As in the past few nights, militants from Gaza chose to shoot a large number of rockets into Israel during the 20:00 news broadcast, with tonight's resulting in a number of injuries after a direct hit on a house. Initial reports indicated that an Israeli was killed when a rocket hit their car, however this was later proven to be untrue as the car was empty, and the Israeli death count remained at zero since the operation started.

As the third day of fighting came to an end, Israel announced that 144 rockets had been shot at Israel on 10 July, and 442 since the operation started. This rocket fire has resulted in injuries to 123 people; one seriously, 21 moderately to lightly and 101 from shock. Israel had struck 201 targets In Gaza, resulting in 23 deaths and carried out almost 900 airstrikes on the Gaza strip since the start of the operation, killing at least 90 Palestinians (part of them were civilians). Additionally, they announced that they are ready for a long battle and that they plan a ground operation to free Palestinian prisoners.

11 July

At approximately 03:30, the Iron Dome counter-rocket defense system shot down a rocket over Haifa, the first time a rocket from Gaza reached that far. An elderly woman running for cover when hearing the sirens collapsed and was pronounced dead at the scene.

In the early morning, Hussein Izzat Atwe, a member of Al-Jamaa Al-Islamiya fired rockets at Israel, from the Hasbaya region of Lebanon. Only one projectile was reported to have hit Israel and caused little or no damage. When Lebanon investigated they found six additional rockets ready to be fired, including one which had exploded when fired. One man was later arrested in connection with the rocket fire after police found blood in his car which matched blood found at the scene of the rocket launchers.

Israeli troops fired 25 artillery shells into Lebanon at the outskirts of the village of Kfar Shuba.

In the early evening, Egypt seized rockets that were being smuggled from Gaza into Egypt; it was believed these were to be used to fire on Israel.

After three and a half days of the operation, Israel had struck 1,090 sites in Gaza, while 525 rockets had been fired from Gaza at Israel.

In the evening, two Israeli soldiers were injured by anti-aircraft missiles near Nahal Oz. By the end of that day, Israel had struck 235 targets in Gaza, resulting in 23 deaths. From Gaza 137 rockets were fired toward Israel, causing no deaths.

12 July

An IDF strike targeting Gaza police chief Tayseer Al-Batsah's home killed 21 people and wounded 45. The police chief's Gaza City house was nearly destroyed by two rockets. Many of those killed were leaving a mosque, next door to the home, at the time of the strike.

Just before dawn, an IDF missile hit a center for disabled people in northern Gaza killing two of its residents and injuring five more. A mosque which the IDF said was being used as an armory was also hit.

A series of ten rockets aimed at Tel Aviv were launched, for which Hamas claimed responsibility; no casualties were reported. At around 20:00 in the evening, Hamas convened a news conference and announced that at 21:00 they would fire J80 rockets into central Israel that would challenge the Iron Dome system. The Iron Dome system intercepted three of the rockets; the rest fell in open areas.; there were no injuries and minor shrapnel damage. In response, the IDF launched a combined attack involving artillery, helicopters, and fighter jets on many targets throughout the Gaza Strip.

Later in the evening, three rockets were fired from Gaza toward the Jewish settlement of Efrat, but all three landed in Palestinian neighborhoods; two in Bethlehem and one in Hebron.

Around 23:00, two rockets were fired from Lebanon into western Galilee, causing no casualties; the IDF responded with artillery fire. By day's end, Israel had struck 180 targets in Gaza 180 targets, resulting in 51 deaths. From Gaza 125 rockets were fired toward Israel, with no deaths.

13 July

By the start of the sixth day, Israel had struck 1,320 sites within Gaza, resulting in 167 deaths and more than 1,000 injured. During the same time frame, more than 600 rockets have been launched at Israel from Gaza.

In the early hours of the morning, Israeli naval commandos approached Gaza via the al-Sudaniya beach. Gunfire ensued, resulting in three Palestinian deaths and four IDF soldiers injured. Israel stated that their mission was successful, and it took out several long-range rocket launchers.

At 6:00am, 670 those living in Gaza with dual citizenship were given a chance to be escorted by the IDF out of Gaza and to their respective embassies. A 30 minute window was given to people wishing to leave; many people missed this opportunity and remained in Gaza.

Later in the morning, Israel began dropping leaflets, making telephone calls, and sending texts warning Palestinians in northern Gaza to evacuate by noon. Schools in Gaza have been opened to shelter those who are evacuating their homes; which can shelter up to 35,000 people. Although Hamas discouraged people from following Israel's advice, it is believed that approximately 10,000 did, in fact, leave. After Israel began striking their targets in the north the number of people who left their home was reported at 17,000, totaling about 25% of the town's 70,000 residence.

In the morning, Palestinians fired four rockets at Gush Dan, the Shfela, and Ashdod. A boy was seriously injured in an Ashkelon rocket attack. In the afternoon, Hamas fired a heavy barrage of Fajr-5, M-75 and M-160 rockets to all parts of the country, including Ashkelon and Gush Dan. Iron Dome intercepted a rocket over Rishon Le-Zion, the Sharon plain and Haifa.

In the evening, a rocket fired from Gaza hit the infrastructure in Israel that provides electricity 70,000 Palestinians in Gaza, cutting off their power. This was followed by a break from the rocket fire, which correlated with the World Cup.

By day's end, Israel had struck 173 targets in Gaza, resulting in 13 deaths. 130 rockets were fired from Gaza toward Israel, but there were no resulting fatalities.

14 July

By the start of day seven of the operation, there had been 1,320 strikes by Israel in Gaza, and 940 rockets fired from Gaza at Israel.

In the early afternoon, the IDF announced it had utilized a MIM-104 Patriot missile to down a drone, near Ashdod, which came from Gaza. Hamas later took responsibility for this drone, stating they had sent six into Israel, which successfully completed three missions over IDF military bases.

In the early evening, Hamas said it destroyed an IDF Merkava tank stationed near Gaza with a Kornet anti-tank missile; Israel responded that the Trophy Active Protection System destroyed the missile, which caused no damage or injuries.

As day seven of the operation came to an end, news broke that a ceasefire negotiated by Egypt was close to being announced, effective 9:00am the following day. This would be followed by negotiations in Cairo on 10 July. Hamas acknowledged that negotiations were ongoing, however no agreements had been finalized.

On 14 July, 115 rockets were fired from Gaza toward Israel, causing no fatalities. Israel struck 163 targets in Gaza, causing six deaths and 192 overall. The IDF said that after the first seven days they believed 3,000 of the 9,000 rockets in Gaza had been destroyed. 1,050 rockets had been fired at Israel, leaving roughly 5,000 remaining rockets as of that time and date.

Week 2

15 July

During the night, for the first time during the operation, two rockets were fired at Eilat, from Egypt.

At 07:00, Israel announced it had officially voted to accept the ceasefire proposed by Egypt for 09:00. Hamas said they were not consulted on the ceasefire, and if they had accepted it, it would have been a surrender rather than a truce, and fired 40 rockets into Israel within the first five hours of the proposed ceasefire timeframe. Ismail Haniyeh, the deputy head of the Hamas political bureau, stated that although Hamas was contacted about the ceasefire, they would not accept it unless Israel gave fulfilled the "demands of the Palestinian people", such as ending the blockade.

At approximately 15:00, six hours after Israel announced it would accept the ceasefire, Netanyahu announced that, due to the continued rocket fire from Gaza, they would be renewing their strikes.

Netanyahu, on the evening of 15 July, fired Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon. According to Netanyahu's associates, Danon lost his job for stating that Hamas had "humiliated" Israel.

In the evening, eight days into the operation, an Israeli man, Dror Hanin, was injured by a mortar shell and later died, the second Israeli death since the beginning of the operation (the first being an elderly woman in Haifa).

On 15 July, Israel had struck 96 targets in Gaza, resulting in 16 deaths and 156 rockets had been fired toward Israel. In eight days Israel had struck 1,603 targets in Gaza, causing 194 deaths. From Gaza 1,147 rockets were launched toward Israel, causing one Israeli death.

16 July

Around midnight, the start of day nine of fighting, Netanyahu vowed to intensify and expand Israeli strikes after accelerated rocket lauches from Gaza during the six hour Israeli cessation of hostilities.

During the night, Israeli warplanes bombed the house of senior Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Zahar. Israel also hit the homes of several Hamas leaders including Bassem Naim, Fathi Hammad and Ismail al-Ashqar, all four homes were reportedly empty at the time. Shortly after these attacks, it was announced the death toll within Gaza had surpassed 200 people. During the night, Israel sent pre-recorded messages to approximately 100,000 people in Gaza City to leave their homes by 8am.

Magen David Adom in the evening reported that they offered to transfer donated blood to help those injured in Gaza; however the Palestinian Authority rejected the blood and rejected their offer to help run blood drives.

In the early afternoon, Hamas and the PIJ proposed a ten year truce with Israel. The Palestinian terms for a truce included:

• IDF moving their tanks further into Israel from Gaza
• Re-release of all prisoners freed in exchange for Gilad Shalit and arrested during Operation Brother's Keeper
• Remove blockage from all borders with the Rafah crossings on UN control
• Establish an airport in Gaza under UN control
• Expand fishing zone to 13 km
• Israel borders with Gaza controlled by the UN
• Israel cannot intervene in the Palestinian unity government
• Israel must give Gaza residents permission to visit Jerusalem and pray in the Al-Aqsa Mosque

Later in the afternoon, four Palestinian boys, aged between 9 and 11, were killed on a Gaza beach by a shell fired by an Israeli naval gunboat.

During the day, UNRWA discovered approximately 20 rockets hidden in a vacant school in the Gaza Strip. Israel claimed that the rockets were returned to Hamas. Christopher Gunness, the spokesperson of UNRWA, has denied this, saying that "According to longstanding UN practice in UN humanitarian operations worldwide, incidents involving unexploded ordnance that could endanger beneficiaries and staff are referred to the local authorities. Local authorities fall under the government of national consensus in Ramallah."

On 16 July Israel had struck 50 targets in Gaza, resulting in 17 deaths. From Gaza 94 rockets were fired toward Israel, resulting in no fatalities.

17 July

During the night, Israel agreed to a five-hour humanitarian ceasefire, proposed by the UN, followed shortly by Hamas' acceptance. The ceasefire took place from 10:00 to 15:00, local time.

Approximately five and a half hours prior to the ceasefire's effect, the IDF sighted 13 armed Hamas militants emerging from a Gazan tunnel on the Israeli side of the Gaza border. The IDF engaged the militants, who sustained casualties, and destroyed the tunnel's exit, ending the incursion. No Israeli casualties were sustained in this incident. Israeli Army Radio reported the men were carrying weapons and abduction-related equipment, including tranquilizers and handcuffs.

Approximately two hours into the ceasefire, three rockets were fired from Gaza into Israel. Israel attributed them to Hamas, although responsibility for them was not claimed. At exactly 15:00, at the end of the agreed upon five-hour ceasefire, sirens began ringing again in Israel, in the Ashkelon region.

In the early evening, for the second time since the operation began, the IDF shot down a drone launched from Gaza into Israel, using an MIM-104 Patriot missile. Hamas later acknowledged having launched the drone.

At the beginning of the night, the IDF artillery batteries fired hundreds of shells into the northern Gaza strip after warning civilians to leave the area. Hamas ordered civilians not to leave, and some were still present when the attack started. At approximately 22:30, the PIJ reported on their TV station that IDF ground troops had entered Gaza. Shortly afterward, Netanyahu and Defence Minister Moshe Ya'alon announced that they had ordered a ground incursion into Gaza. The Egyptian government stated that it held Hamas responsible for the hostilities leading to Israel's ground operations, as Hamas had been offered but rejected a ceasefire. Israeli Prime minister Netanyahu said that the ground invasion's task was to disable the tunnels near the border used by Hamas to invade Israel.

Shortly after Israel's ground forces entered Gaza, Israeli tanks began shelling Wafa Hospital in Gaza. Israel said it had given the hospital multiple advance warnings to evacuate their 17 patients before attacking a weapons storage facility at the hospital.

18 July

Shortly after midnight, the IDF announced approval to call up 18,000 additional reserves, bringing the total reserves IDF allowed to call to 72,000. Overnight the IDF destroyed the home of PIJ leader Abdullah al-Shami. One Israeli soldier was killed.

In the morning Israel announced that fourteen militants were killed in Gaza overnight, the first night with ground soldiers in Gaza, bringing total casualties, of combatants and civilians, to 248 killed and 1,920 injured. 13 militants surrendered to the IDF.

In the early afternoon, Israel announced that paratroopers had found eight tunnels and later announced that thirteen more tunnels had been discovered.

The IDF said it killed seventeen militants in several exchanges of fire, and arrested thirteen later on Friday. In the evening, the IDF entered a building and killed three militants, uncovering a stockpile of weapons that included anti-tank missiles.

19 July

Shortly after midnight, the IDF said that the death count for militants since entering Gaza has risen above 40 and had arrested an additional 21 militants.

In the late morning, nine Hamas militants entered Israel via a tunnel, wearing IDF uniforms and carrying weapons, handcuffs, syringes, and sedatives. They were met by the IDF; one militant and two IDF soldiers were killed, and the remaining militants escaped through the tunnel; several were later killed in Gaza by an Israeli airstrike.

In the afternoon, a rocket shot from Gaza at Israel landed on a tent of a Bedouin family, killing the father, critically injuring a 4-month-old, and injuring two others. By that night the IDF had uncovered 34 tunnels within Gaza, and was dismantling them.

On 19 July, over 94 rockets were fired from Gaza at Israel. That day the IDF hit 140 sites in Gaza, bringing the total to 260 since the ground operation started, causing 49 Palestinian deaths on that day and 348 since the operation started.

20 July

In the morning the IDF announced that two further IDF soldiers had been killed. On 19 July, a militant entered Israel via a tunnel and shot an Israeli soldier dead, before being killed by other IDF personnel; the other soldier was killed by an anti-tank missile. According to Hamas, five IDF soldiers had been killed in the attack.

At approximately 01:00, an Israeli armored personnel carrier in Shuja'iyya was hit by an anti-tank missile, killing all seven IDF soldiers inside. In the ensuing conflict in Shuja'iyya, 72 Palestinians died in what local medical authorities, along with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, called a massacre. (See Shuja'iyya Incident (2014)). The IDF stated that Shuja'iyya had been the site of 8% of the rocket launches since 8 July, and that residents had been warned to leave two days earlier.

Hamas requested via the Red Crescent a humanitarian ceasefire for the Shuja'iyya neighborhood to allow the evacuation of wounded from the area. The IDF agreed, and the ceasefire began at 13:30; however, only an hour into the truce, IDF troops came under fire and responded. Despite the issues during the ceasefire, Israel agreed to extend it by one hour.

In total, the IDF has stated that thirteen IDF soldiers were killed in Gaza over 24 hours, and more than 100 Palestinian militants were killed during the night. In one air strike aimed at a Hamas member 25 members of one family were killed along with the target. During the overnight fighting, the IDF uncovered ten more tunnel systems.

The military wing of Hamas said that they had killed at least 32 Israeli soldiers since 19 July. Hamas military sources said scores of Israeli soldiers injured in the clashes with Palestinian fighters had been taken to hospitals, including the commander of the Golani Brigade, Israeli Druze Colonel Ghassan Alian. They also said they had captured an Israeli soldier named Shaul Aron. However, Ron Prosor, the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, denied the report.

21 July

Since the beginning of the operation, IDF has struck some 2,800 targets in Gaza, while 1,497 rockets have been fired from Gaza at Israel.

During the night, two cells of militants attempted to infiltrate Israel using tunnels. While the Israeli Air Force directly hit the first cell, ground troops engaged the second; at least ten militants were killed during the two incidents. During one attack, 10 Palestinians exited the tunnel wearing full IDF uniforms. Four IDF soldiers were killed in the attack when an anti-tank missile hit their Jeep. In total, seven IDF soldiers were killed on 21 July.

Reports from Gaza in the afternoon stated that the IDF shelled a hospital, killing five and injuring many others. The IDF commented on the situation stating that their target was anti-tank missiles which was stored in the immediate vicinity of the hospital.

At the Erez Border Crossing, IDF set up a field hospital for injured Palestinians from Gaza.

A 21 July CNN report stated that more than 83,000 Palestinians have sought refuge in U.N. facilities with more than 2,000 rockets fired at Israel since the start of the Operation, the latter information from the IDF. That day as well, U.S. President Barack Obama called for a return to the Gaza-Israel cease-fire agreement while also expressing regret at the civilian casualties both in Israel and in Palestine.

Week 3

22 July

Shortly after midnight, the United Arab Emirates announced they would be giving $41 million in aid to Gazans and the U.S. government announced $47 million in aid.

At 05:00, the IDF announced that two additional IDF soldiers had been killed, bringing the total to 27.

During the morning, the IDF announced that one soldier's remains from the weekend's APC attack had not yet been recovered; the soldier was later identified as Oron Shaul. Two days previously, Hamas had announced they captured a soldier named Shaul Aron. The IDF, however, has stated that their official position is that the soldier is presumed to have been killed.

In the late morning, Al Jazeera stated their office was currently under attack by the IDF. IDF denied this, but could not rule out indirect damage from nearby targets.

In the afternoon, the IDF released additional information about the infiltrators from Gaza the day before. Details included the announcement that at least three were children, including a 13 and 14 year old who were both wearing suicide vests.

In the evening, the EU released a statement condemning the firing of rockets from Gaza at Israeli civilians, the use of human shields, and called for the disarming of Hamas, the PIJ and all other militant groups in Gaza. The EU added that although Israel has the right to defend itself, they were appalled at the loss of human life in Gaza and asked Israel to try harder to limit civilian casualties.

Late in the evening, the UNRWA announced that for the second time in a week, during a routine inspection, rockets were found in one of their schools.

23 July

During the night, a number of reports began circulating that the IDF was shelling the Al-Wafa hospital. The IDF later commented that, on several occasions, they were under direct fire from the hospital, a violation of international law; they also stated that they had been warning the hospital for several days to move the patients. A doctor from the hospital, Dr. Basman Alashi, confirmed that the hospital had been evacuated prior to the strike. The IDF released a video showing fire shot from the hospital, IDF's warning calls and finally the airstrike which triggered secondary explosions from weapons cached inside the hospital.

In the early morning, Hamas claimed to have shot down an F-16 over Gaza; however, Israel neither confirmed nor denied this claim.

In the afternoon, the IDF announced that they had recently discovered a new tunnel in Gaza in which IDF uniforms, maps, and weapons were found. In total, the IDF had uncovered 28 tunnel systems and over 60 tunnel openings since the beginning of the operation.

Three additional IDF soldiers were killed when they entered a booby-trapped house, causing an explosion and collapsing portions of the building.

24 July

During the night 150 Gaza residence in Khan Younis and Rafiah surrendered to the IDF, and were question by Israeli intelligence officers about Hamas operations.

See also

• Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel

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