According to a PA report, elite IDF forces operated in Gaza during the night receiving cover from a naval vessel that kept terrorists at bay. They were operating in the Almuasi area west of Khan Yunis, the Maan PA news agency reports. The Izzadin el-Kassam terrorists fired mortars at the unit. No injuries were reported on either side.

IDF officials deny elite soldiers were operating in Gaza and that they were receiving gunfire from a naval vessel for cover during the night. (Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)