The IDF launched 6 air strikes overnight targeting a weapons-storage site and four rocket-launch sites in the northern Gaza Strip and one rocket-launch site in the southern Gaza strip. The IDF confirmed hits on its targets, and stated that the attack was a response to rocket fire. Islamic Jihad said that one man was hit while launching a rocket at Israel from a location in southern Gaza and another was killed when his motorized rickshaw was hit. Over 200,000 Israeli school children remained in bomb shelters and unable to attend school.