The Israeli Air Force Wednesday night and early Thursday morning bombed the Rafiah home of Yasser Natat, who is in charge of the rocket firing program in the area. Also bombed was the home of Mohammed Sanuar, a commander of a Hamas terrorist army brigade.

Sixty targets were hit, including a mosque used to store weapons, a police station, 15 tunnels used to clash with Israeli soldiers and 15 rocket launching pads, several of them underground.

One soldier was lightly injured in ground fighting.