IDF released summary of Operation Protective Edge’s ground offensive.
The IDF soldier killed overnight in the Gaza operation is identified as Staff Sgt. Eitan Barak ז”ל) 20), from Herzliya.
View IDF Video of IDF’s entrance into Gaza.
By Kobi Finkler, Tova Dvorin and Dalit Halevi
The IDF has released a summary of the last eight hours of Operation Protective Edge’s ground offensive in Gaza on Friday morning, after tens of thousands of soldiers were called up to enter Gaza and destroy Hamas’s arsenals and terror tunnels.
Entering Gaza – IDF Spokesperson’s Unit
The IDF eliminated 15 terrorists overnight; 103 terror targets were eliminated, including 20 buried launchers.
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