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The Israeli occupation army admits to the killing of eight of its soldiers in Rafah, in a deadly afternoon in the southern Gaza Strip.
News of the killing is trending on the social media with the Israeli Army Radio confirming the number of those killed in an armed vehicle that was destroyed in an explosion.
Izz Al Din Al Qassam fighters said earlier the entire crew of the armoured vehicle were killed after it was targeted by an anti-tank shell in an orchestrated ambush “at dawn on the Day of Arafah, our fighters executed a compound ambush against the invading enemy vehicles in the Saudi neighborhood in Tal al-Sultan, west of Rafah, according to Anadolu.
Among those who died was the deputy commander in the 601 Battalion of the Combat Engineers Brigade according to Israeli media sources.
One report however said 13 Israeli soldiers were killed in the Tal Al Sultan neighborhood of Rafah near the Egyptian border but as usual, the Israeli army would admit to only eight.
The armored personnel carrier was completely burned and the eight soldiers inside died instantly.
Israeli journalist Yossi Meliman with eight more soldiers killed, the total number of troops slain in Gaza since the beginning of the war rose to 658 soldiers. He pointed out If we add the police and Shin Bet deaths, the number reaches to 730.
Anadolu reports that 3,835 officers and soldiers have been injured since the beginning of the war, including 1,936 in the ground battles.
