Additionally, Hamas infrastructure and tunnels were destroyed. 

Israeli Air Force jets conduct wide-scale strike on Hamas’s Jabaliya Battalion, killing its commander; Israeli Defense Forces Southern Commander: “We will fight in alleys; we will fight in tunnels.”

Israeli ground forces hit Hamas targets in the northern Strip and "operated to prepare the battlefield" ahead of a wider ground invasion.

Sgt. Shilo Yosef Amir, 22, was laid to rest at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem. 'Yesterday, even though you could have gone home, you chose to serve,' his commander said in a eulogy.

A lone soldier from the United States who has been missing since Sunday was found dead with his weapon by his side. Police have opened an investigation.

Police are searching for a lone soldier from the United States who has been missing since Sunday.