5 officers, 3 soldiers of elite Israeli units killed in Gaza
ISNA - Iranian Students' News Agency
Wed / 13 December 2023 / 10:56
The Israeli army spokesperson announces that another three soldiers were critically injured.
Tehran- ISNA- Earlier today, Israeli occupation forces (IOF) acknowledged that 8 soldiers were killed, most of whom were officers, in battles in northern Gaza yesterday.
IOF spokesperson announced the death of 5 officers:
Lt. Col. Tomer Grinberg, 35, the commander of the Golani Brigade's 13th Battalion.
Maj. Roei Meldasi, 23, a company commander in the Golani Brigade's 13th Battalion.
Maj. Moshe Avram Bar On, 23, a company commander in the Golani Brigade's 51st Battalion.
Cpt. Liel Hayo, 22, a platoon commander in the Golani Brigade's 51st Battalion.
Maj. Ben Shelly, 26, a squad commander in the Israeli Air Force's Unit 669.
As for the dead soldiers, they include First Class Sergeant Rom Hecht, 20, of the Israeli Air Force's Unit 669, Staff Sgt. Oriya Yaakov, 19, of the Combat Engineering Corps' 614th Battalion, and Sgt. Achia Daskal, 19, a soldier in the Golani Brigade's 51st Battalion.
The IOF spokesperson added that another three soldiers were critically injured.
Israeli media reported that the Israeli officers and soldiers were slain during confrontations in al-Shujaiya neighborhood.
The Resistance had executed a meticulously planned compound operation.
in al-Shujaiyya, the Resistance had engaged in fierce combat with a Golani force drawing them into a booby-trapped building, detonating it and taking out several soldiers in the bombing. Several soldiers were wounded and contact was lost with others in the first attack, Haaretz reported.
Reinforcements then arrived at the site covered by the Israeli occupation Air Force and artillery. By then, another explosive was detonated at the site, taking out the second team, the Haaretz report revealed.
A third team was dispatched to a search-and-rescue mission for the disconnected soldier, but they too fell to injuries in the fighting.
This recent operation brings the total number of Israeli soldiers killed since the start of the ground invasion of Gaza to 113.
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