IDF forces-- including infantry, tanks, combat engineers, artillery, and intelligence-- continue to operate throughout the Gaza Strip with the assistance of the Israel Air Force and the Israel Navy.
 
Throughout the day (Jan. 6),  IDF forces operating in Gaza uncovered several weapons caches, rockets, roadside bombs, and tunnels used by gunmen to ambush soldiers.
 
The IAF has attacked over 40 targets since the morning, including:
 
A vehicle carrying an anti-aircraft missile launcher.

Eight smuggling tunnels used by Hamas to bring weapons into the Gaza Strip.

More than 10 groups of gunmen, including one identified as planting a bomb.

Approximately 16 weapons storage and weapons production facilities.

Approximately five rocket launching spots, including one hidden underground.
 
An IDF soldier was killed and nine soldiers were wounded in operations in Gaza throughout the day (Jan.6).
 
The soldier, 21-year-old Staff Sgt. Alex Mashavisky of Be'er Sheva, was killed when gunmen opened fire at troops conducting searches in the northern Gaza Strip. Four other soldiers were lightly wounded in the incident. The forces returned fire and identified hitting the gunmen.
 
Five other soldiers were wounded in separate incidents, three of them moderately and two lightly.
 
The IDF will continue to operate against the Hamas terror infrastructure in the Gaza Strip in order to reduce the rocket fire on the south of Israel.