The Israel Defense Forces and the Israel General Security Service issued a joint statement on the 29th saying that Israel took action in the northern Gaza Strip from the night of the 28th to the early morning of the 29th, killing the commander of the North Gaza Brigade, the military branch of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement. The statement said that Bick was the military intelligence chief of the Northern Gaza Brigade and took over after the former commander of the brigade was killed.

The Israel Defense Forces and the Israel General Security Service issued a joint statement on the 29th saying that Israel took action in the northern Gaza Strip from the night of the 28th to the early morning of the 29th, killing the commander of the North Gaza Brigade, the military branch of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement. The statement said that Bick was the military intelligence chief of the Northern Gaza Brigade and took over after the former commander of the brigade was killed.