04:15โขStaff Sergeant Mocanu Killed In Gaza Building Collapse
โจThe newspapers extensively report on the death of Staff Sergeant Danilo Mocanu, 20, from Holon, who was killed when a building collapsed after an explosive device detonated in southern Gaza (13tv, Davar, Haaretz, INN, Israel Hayom, Jerusalem Post, Kan, Kipa, Maariv, Mako, n12, Srugim, Times, Ynet, Walla). Mocanu served in the 82nd Battalion of the 7th Brigade's assault-exposure unit. Another soldier was lightly wounded in the same incident (INN, Kipa, Maariv, Mako, Walla, Ynet). This marks the second casualty in Operation "Gideon's Chariots" and brings the total IDF death toll since the war began to 858 (INN, Srugim). Meanwhile, Now14 reports that Israel is preparing to expand fighting in Gaza following failed negotiations, with Israel accepting the American Witkoff proposal while Hamas maintains its refusal.