"Every house we enter in the Gaza Strip will receive a mezuzah," declared fighters who took over a house (which remained intact) in the Gaza Strip.
The company commander announced: "Company A of the 8717th Battalion (Gaza Division) enters Gaza, returns the hostages, works hard for the State of Israel. We do not return until we win."
The soldiers blessed "Shehecheyanu" and sang "Am Yisrael Chai."
Israel at war on the 37th day. The IDF is strengthening its grip inside the Gaza Strip and purifying the territories it has conquered inside the Gaza Strip, in order to locate, organize and prepare for the continuation of the fighting inside Gaza and in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.