Overview

• The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) recognized Sgt. Shirel Haim Pour, a 20-year-old from Rishon Lezion, as the latest soldier killed in the conflict with Hamas, bringing the total toll to 311.
• Sgt. Pour, who served in the Gaza Division, was identified after her family was notified, her death marks another loss in the violent onslaught that began on October 7.
• Hamas terrorists, captured and interrogated by the IDF, confirmed the existence of a terror group's hideout beneath Shifa Hospital - the largest hospital in Gaza City.
• This revelation follows accusations from the IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, asserting that Hamas centrally operates from a base under the hospital.
• In reaction, the IDF has intensified its operations in Gaza, dispatching ground forces such as infantry troops, combat engineering forces and tanks, to operate deeper into Hamas-controlled territories.