04:59โขReservist Falls In Gaza Fighting
โจThe newspapers report on the death of Reserve Staff Sergeant Alon Parkes, a 27-year-old soldier from Kibbutz Kvari who was killed in fighting in northern Gaza's Shujaiya neighborhood, with another reservist seriously wounded in the same incident (Haaretz, INN, Israel Hayom, Kan, Maariv, Mako, n12, Srugim, Times of Israel, Ynet, Kipa, Walla). The soldier was part of reconnaissance battalion 6646 of the "Desert Foxes" formation and died in a close-range encounter with terrorists. Simultaneously, the ultra-Orthodox coalition crisis reaches a boiling point as Degel HaTorah prepares crucial meetings to decide the government's fate, with rabbinical leadership expected to issue instructions on withdrawing from the coalition unless surprises occur (13tv). On the military front, the IDF struck Syrian regime weapons in the south following rocket fire at the Golan Heights, with Defense Minister Katz holding Syria's president directly responsible for all threats and attacks (Davar). The UN Security Council is reportedly voting today on a draft resolution demanding an immediate permanent ceasefire in Gaza, with no reports yet of a US veto (now14).