An official in the Gaza division refers to an incident in which the IDF officer was moderately wounded and two fighters were lightly wounded in gunfire with an Arab terrorist.

The senior officer said the forces "acted heroically and worked very well. The terrorist was identified with his weapon on him as he crossed the fence and remained on the Israeli side for about two hours - during which the area was closed and bounded by the forces. During the incident, we fired a shell at our empty post because we suspected it was inside "