IDF Givati Brigade soldiers shot and killed two Palestinians who were crawling towards the border fence in the northern Gaza Strip, south of the Erez crossing overnight Sunday. The IDF said that the two were carrying a bomb, proven by the several blasts that were heard after the shots were fired. There were no casualties among the soldiers. Also Sunday night, Egyptian security forces discovered a large stockpile of explosives near El-Arish, in the Sinai. Security officials said that at least 500 kilograms of TNT were found inside two gas canisters and big plastic bags as a result of intelligence work. However, no one has yet been arrested over the discovery.
Earlier Sunday, senior officers said that in the face of continued violations of the Gaza cease-fire, including daily Kassam rocket attacks and the smuggling of weapons across the Philadelphi Corridor from Sinai, the IDF "was more ready than ever" to launch a massive ground operation against the terror infrastructure in the Strip.