<p>Two rockets were launched from the Gaza Strip at Sderot. One of the rockets was intercepted and its shrapnel hit a house. Several inhabitants of the house suffered from shock. The second rocket has yet to be found.</p>

Hundreds of demonstrators protested outside the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem calling for the return of the hostages.

An Israeli source told Reuters that the IDF is prepared to begin operations in Rafah and is waiting for the green light from the political echelon.

<p>In an act of psychological terrorism, the Hamas terrorist organization published a sign of life from Hersh Goldberg-Polin, a hostage who was kidnapped on October 7. Goldberg-Polin appears to have a severe wound to his hand in the documentation.</p><p><a href="https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/388974">Read more.</a></p>

The IDF says that the fact that Gazans dug the grave outside the Nasser Hospital is corroborated by social media documentation uploaded by Gazans in January.

Sirens sounded in Sderot and surrounding area

Sirens sounded in Majdal Shams, northern Israel

Together with her late husband Carl, Sylvia played a pivotal role in the founding of Arutz Sheva Israel National Radio in 1988, which included the acquisition of an ocean-going vessel used for broadcasting to mainland Israel.