Five Israeli troopers killed in Hamas retaliatory op in northern Gaza
The Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, has killed at least five Israeli troopers in an ambush on a base of the Israeli forces in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip.
According to local media reports from the besieged territory, the incident took place at close range.
In a statement, the Qassam Brigades detailed its operations in the northern Gaza Strip, saying the five Israeli soldiers were eliminated in different operations
The statement further outlined that the Qassam fighters managed to set ablaze a Merkava tank with its occupants.
It added that the resistance fighters also targeted a military vehicle carrying several Israeli troopers using hand grenades, inflicting fatalities and injuries on all those inside the vehicle.
The Times of Israel reported the Israeli military as confirming a soldier was killed during fighting in the northern Gaza Strip earlier on Monday.
The soldier has been identified as Sgt. Uriel Peretz, 23, a member of the Kfir Brigade’s Netzah Yehuda Battalion, from Beitar Illit.
Additionally, the report mentioned that three other soldiers belonging to the same battalion suffered severe injuries in the same incident in the Beit Hanoun area.
The Israeli daily Yediot Ahronoth in a report on Monday that at least 825 Israeli troops have been killed in the Gaza Strip since last October.
According to Hebrew media outlets, at least 40 Israeli troops have been killed in Jabalia since last month, after the Israeli military markedly intensified its deadly attacks and siege against the city.
The Israeli regime initiated a genocidal war on the besieged Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, following a historic operation carried out by the Palestinian Hamas Resistance group in response to the escalating atrocities committed by the occupying regime against the Palestinian population.
Israel has enforced a comprehensive siege on the densely populated region, severing essential supplies such as fuel, electricity, food, and water, affecting more than two million Palestinians residing within the territory.
Israel’s war on Gaza has so far killed at least 45,541 Palestinians and wounded 108,338.
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