Originally from Shorashim, he was a squad commander in the Golani Reconnaissance Unit in the Golani Brigade. IDF Captain Reei Biran, 21, was killed in the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday, the military announced on Friday morning.

The IDF told the Jerusalem Post that it is aware of reports of an ICRC and Palestinian Red Crescent worker being fired on, and the incident is being investigated.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has instructed the military to prepare to build a “humanitarian city” in Gaza that critics describe as a “concentration camp.”

Six top members of Hamas’s naval commando forces were killed in a series of recent operations in the Gaza Strip, the military and Shin Bet announce.The Hamas naval commanders were targeted during the ongoing offensive in Gaza,

A majority of Israelis want an end to the fighting in return for the release of hostages, while right-wing members of the government want to keep going, saying Hamas remains undefeated.