2023-12-24 04:38:25
The Israeli army published the names of those killed on its website:
Sergeant Gal Hershko (20 years old), Sergeant David Bogdanovsky (19 years old) and Sergeant Uriel Bashan (20 years old), from the 603rd Engineer Battalion, “Sar Mijolan” formation (7).
Reserve Major Eliyahu Meir Ohana (28 years old), Reserve Major Nadav Issachar Farhi (30 years old), and Sergeant Itamar Shemen (21 years old) from Battalion 7810, Yiftah Brigade (11).
Reserve Major General Elisaf Shushan (23 years old) and Reserve Sergeant Ohad Ashour (23 years old) from the 6646th Battalion, Shawali Marom Formation (646th).
With the killing of these Israeli officers and soldiers, the total number of Israeli deaths since the seventh of last October rises to 485 dead, and to 154 dead since the start of ground military operations in the Gaza Strip.
Yesterday, Saturday, Israel admitted the killing of 5 soldiers and officers during the battles in Gaza, while Hamas and the Palestinian factions fighting in the Gaza Strip said that they had killed and wounded many members of the Israeli army in ambush attacks carried out during the battles in the north, center and south of the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli army said that 5 soldiers were killed, while 5 other soldiers from the reconnaissance unit of the Givati Brigade were seriously injured in the Gaza battles.
Earlier on Saturday, Hamas announced carrying out several attacks on the Israeli army, one of which led to the killing of 5 soldiers in an ambush inside a tunnel in the city of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.
A Hamas statement said: “We were able to lure 5 soldiers from the Yahalum unit inside one of the Qassam tunnels east of the city of Khan Yunis.”
She continued: “As soon as they entered the tunnel, it was blown up and they were eliminated from point zero.”
Hamas also said that its members destroyed many Israeli military vehicles, including at least five tanks, after reusing two unexploded two-ton rockets that Israel had fired into the Gaza Strip earlier.
Israel said yesterday, Saturday, that 146 of its soldiers had been killed since its ground invasion on October 20 in response to the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel.
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