Safed Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu attends wedding of soldier who reported for duty following launching of Hamas was against Israel.

A short while ago, IDF soldiers identified and killed a terrorist in the area of Kibbutz Kissufim. The soldiers are continuing searches in the area.

<p>US Secretary of State Antony Blinken commented in a joint statement with Prime Minister Netanyahu: "What sets democracies apart from terrorists is the value we place on life and dignity, and that's what makes us who we are. That's why we hold ourselves to a different standard and examine ourselves when we fall short. That's why it's important to take every possible precaution to avoid harming civilians, and why we mourn the loss of every innocent life."</p><p></p>

<p>US Secretary of State Antony Blinken commented in a joint statement with Prime Minister Netanyahu: "We will confront what is worst in humanity with what is best. We will provide an alternative to the vision of nihilism and terror presented by Hamas. That is what we will do - standing wth Israel, working together with its people, and all those in this region who remain committed to a vision of a more peaceful, integrated, secure, and prosperous Middle East."<br /> </p>

Sirens sound in Mavki'im, Ashkelon, Yad Mordechai, and Netiv Ha'asara.

<p>The family of an EMT and ambulance driver who secured the nature party on Saturday morning was killed in the massacre.</p><p>The family of Awad Darawsha, from the village of Iksal, received a short time ago a notification that their son, who was employed securing the party in southern Israel, was murdered and not kidnapped to Gaza.</p>

A resident of the Gaza region tells of the first few hours of the Hamas invasion.

According to Gazan reports, Yusef Abu Marzuq, the brother of senior Hamas official Musa Abu Marzuq, was eliminated in an IDF strike.