Iran's Defense Minister criticized the US plan to create an international group to protect ships in the Red Sea, saying that if it is done, it will face serious problems.
The number of Israeli soldiers officially recognized as dead in the Gaza Strip has increased by one, bringing the total to 116. This time, 38-year-old Major Elisha Levenstern was destroyed.
Israel's Haaretz newspaper reported that the actual number of wounded Israeli soldiers was nearly three times higher than the figures released by the Israeli army.