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He Israeli army lived my life this Saturday Deadliest day in Gaza since JanuaryWith eight soldiers were killed in a powerful explosion when they were in an armored
He Israeli army lived my life this Saturday Deadliest day in Gaza since JanuaryWith eight soldiers were killed in a powerful explosion when they were in an armored vehicle in Rafah (in the south of the sector), which was reported by the Al-Qassam Brigades, armed wing of Hamas.
Among the eight dead was Captain Wassem Mahmoud (23 years old), Deputy Commander of the 601st Engineer Battalion, Israeli Armyand the names of the others have not yet been released, although their families have been informed of the incident, according to a military statement.
Captain Wassem Mahmoud.
This day marked the highest number of deaths among Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip since last January 22When 21 soldiers died as two buildings collapsed on the outskirts.
This morning the Al-Qassam Brigades announced:
On the morning of the Day of Arafah (an important date in the Muslim calendar), our fighters staged a complex ambush against enemy equipment moving through the Saudi area of Tal el-Sultan, west of Rafah.
The Israeli military, for its part, took several hours to publicly confirm what had happened, with the intention of informing families in advance.
According to the Islamist organization, attacked the Namer armored combat engineering vehicle with an Al-Yassin 105 projectile.who set it on fire and killed eight soldiers.
The Army’s explanation suggests that The bomb exploded in a car filled with explosives.causing it to also explode and cause a violent detonation.
None of this should have happened, so the incident is being investigated.
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant shared his condolences on social media X: “I bow my head with all the people of Israel in memory of the heroes who died defending the people and the land.”
“They knew they might have to sacrifice their lives.”but they did it so that we could live in this country,” wrote Foreign Minister Israel Katz.
Rafah became one of the cores of the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Stripand has been the source of most of the casualties since military forces entered the city on May 6.
General, Since the start of the ground operation in the Gaza enclave, 307 soldiers have been killed.At least 1,500 more were injured, according to the army itself. Are more than 620 dead if we take into account Hamas attack on October 7.
In southern Rafah too Israeli bombing continued in the center, east and west of the enclave.after yesterday’s statement of intentions by the commander of the Army’s Southern Command, Yaron Finkelman, who assured that The soldiers continued to advance through the city “until they had achieved all their objectives.”
This Saturday, rescuers managed to remove the bombed houses in the city from the rubble. 9 bodies were taken to Khan Younis Hospital, approximately 7 km north of Rafah.
Around A millions of people fled the city as troops advanced to other points in the south and center of the Gaza Strip.such as the beaches of Al-Mawasi (west of Rafah), designated by Israel as a “safe zone” despite the refusal of humanitarian organizations, the Deir el-Balah refugee camp (in the center) or neighboring Khan Younis.
EFE
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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