Two fighters were killed in the battles in the northern Gaza Strip:  Master Sgt. (res.) Nitai Meisels, 30, from Rehovot and Sgt. Rani Tamir, 20, from Ganei Am.

It was allowed to be published that in the difficult incident yesterday in Shejaiya, Col. Yitzhak Ben-Bashat, the former commander of the Yiftah Brigade, was also killed. "Yitzhak fought at the head of the forces and fell as a hero of Israel".

The five members of the Kutz family - the parents Livnat and Aviv, and their children Rotem, Yonatan, and Yiftach, who were found huddled together in their home in Kfar Gaza, were brought to rest side by side at the cemetery in Gan Yavne last night.

In the settlements of Samaria, residents are calling on people to go out and block the funeral procession of four Hamas terrorists expected to pass through the main artery. They are saying, "We will not allow ourselves to be like the South, and we will not let the army let them slaughter us."

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived with his wife Sarah for the funeral of Hasidic singer Dedi Graucher at the cemetery in Bet Shemesh. Netanyahu consoled the family and delivered a eulogy in memory of his good friend

They called her "Bat Sheva" because her parents waited seven years until she was born. She herself also waited years for her own children, and then she brought into her and her husband Eli's home two foster daughters

Rabbi Issachar Wasserlauf passed away tonight, his students from over the years say goodbye to the one who was for them a loving and respectful person above all. "He made me feel that he put all his occupations aside in those moments"

After the passing of Rabbi Issachar Wasserlauf, the family announces that his funeral will be held at 4:30 PM at Har HaMenuchot Givat Shaul. These are the times of consolation visits