Staff Sgt. Lior Steinberg, Staff Sgt. Ofek Barhana and Staff Sgt. Omer Van Gelder were killed in a powerful explosion in Jabaliya, with two additional soldiers wounded. A force from the Rotem Battalion encountered an explosive device in Jabaliya, and their APC caught fire. The soldiers jumped out unharmed, but a Humvee covering a fire truck that arrived to assist hit another explosive device - all its occupants were hit. Forces identified the area as a massive explosives field containing dozens of explosive devices.