13 Israeli Soldiers from Golani Brigades Killed in Gaza
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Israel announced that 13 soldiers from the Golani Brigade were killed since Saturday night in fighting in Gaza, bringing the total number of troops killed in the ground assault on the besieged strip to 18.
Israeli daily, The Jerusalem Post reported that seven soldiers from Golani's 13th Battalion were killed as their APC drove over an explosive device and caught fire.
Shortly afterward, soldiers from the battalion engaged in a gun battle with resistance fighters, and one soldier was killed in the exchange of fire, the report said.
Hours later, two soldiers were killed in a firefight with resistance in Gaza.
Three members of the Golani Reconnaissance Brigade were also killed when a fire tore through the building they were in, shortly before 9 am, the Israeli paper said.
“The military was still completing the process of identifying the fallen soldiers. The families had been notified of the soldiers' deaths,” JP added.
