08:55: Sirens sounding in Beersheva. Officials announce it is a test, no attack.

**PA report naval bombing attack kills 10. IDF tanks moving towards Khan Yunis. 20 homes were attacked from the air and ground.

09:01: Injured seriously in the mistaken tank fire incident was Golani Brigade Regiment Commander Lt.-Colonel Oren Cohen. An investigation into the event is underway.

**Wounded soldiers from the fighting in Gaza are admitted to Soroka, Beilinson, Hadassah Ein Kerem, Sheba, and Barzilai Hospitals.

**IDF officials urge residents of Yehuda and Shomron to exhibit increased vigilance while traveling the area roads during Operation Cast Lead, to avoid deserted roads whenever possible, and to avoid hitchhiking.

**Five soldiers were wounded in the fighting in Gaza during the night.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)