The IDF Spokesperson's Unit announced that four soldiers were killed by an explosive device in the Rafah area.
- Major Omri Chai Ben Moshe, aged 26, from Tzafria, a commander of a company in the "Dekel" Battalion, Officers' Training School, served as a company commander in the Paratroopers Brigade, fell during combat in the southern Gaza Strip.
- Lieutenant Ron Arieli, aged 20, from Hadera, a cadet in the “Dekel” Battalion, Officers’ Training School, served as a combat soldier in the Golani Brigade, fell during combat in the southern Gaza Strip.
- Lieutenant Eitan Avner Ben Itzhak, aged 22, from Har Brakha, a cadet in the “Dekel” Battalion, Officers’ Training School, served as a combat soldier in the Commando Brigade, fell during combat in the southern Gaza Strip.
- Lieutenant Eran Shelem, aged 23, from Ramat Yohanan, a cadet in the “Dekel” Battalion, Officers’ Training School, served as a combat soldier in Sayeret Matkal, fell during combat in the southern Gaza Strip.