IOF confirm 3 troops from Givati Brigade were killed in northern Gaza

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Israeli media
27 Dec 2023 06:53
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This brings the total number of Israeli troops killed since the start of the Israeli incursion into the Strip to 164.

Israeli occupation soldiers gather around tanks near the border with the Gaza Strip on December 25, 2023. (AFP)

The Israeli occupation military confirmed on Wednesday that three additional troops from the Givati Brigade were killed during battles in northern Gaza, bringing the total number of troops killed since the start of the Israeli incursion into the Strip to 164.

According to the occupation military, the killed troops are Lt. Yaron Eliezer Chitiz, 23, deputy commander of the Shaked battalion, Staff Sgt. Itay Buton, 20, a soldier in the Shaked battalion, and Staff Sgt. Efraim Yachman, 21, a soldier in the same battalion.

With the announced killings, the number of Israeli occupation soldiers killed since October 7 now stands at 498, as per the Israeli military.

The extent of the losses incurred by the Israeli occupation military during ground battles in the combat zones is evident through precise statements published by the Palestinian Resistance in Gaza. Additionally, visual footages released by the military media of the Resistance factions document their targeted and well-coordinated strikes against the invading forces.

On Tuesday, al-Qassam Brigades revealed a joint operation with Palestinian Islamic Jihad's al-Quds Brigades, which targeted five Israeli military vehicles with Tandem and al-Yassin 105 projectiles near Jabalia al-Balad in northern Gaza.

In detail, the group said that Resistance fighters used machine guns and TBG shells in a coordinated attack on an Israeli force barricaded in a building in the same area, resulting in Israeli soldiers being killed and wounded.

In a separate significant operation, al-Qassam announced that its fighters successfully lured an Israeli special force into a house in Beit Hanoun, north of Gaza, and demolished it with three anti-personnel IEDs, stun grenades, and a Shawaz armor-piercing explosive, leading to the death of the entire force.

Additionally, the Brigades detonated a boobytrapped tunnel in an Israeli force comprising eight soldiers east of the al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, killing and injuring its members.