16:20: Reports from Gaza indicate Hamas has rejected the Egyptian ceasefire proposal.

**Channel 1 TV News: 19 rockets struck Israel on Thursday by 4:00PM. This includes a rocket that hit a gymnasium of an elementary school in Ashkelon. Baruch Hashem, there were no students present since schools are closed in the 40km range from the Gaza border.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)