A number of people were killed in an IAF surgical strike against the Gaza home of Imad Akel, a senior Hamas figure and leader of the military wing. Akel appears to have emerged unharmed.

Left-wing Israelis in Haifa are protesting against Operation Cast Lead.

Arabs in Abu Dis are burning tires and pelting soldiers with rocks.

A home in the Eshkol Region sustained a direct hit from a rocket attack. Significant damage reported. No injuries.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)