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5 soldiers injured in Gaza border incident

Combat Engineering Corps soldiers including two officers hit when bomb goes off near border fence; one in serious condition. In response IDF tank fire kills Hamas terrorist; Gaza tunnel bombed

An IDF force operating on both sides of the Gaza border fence was hit after a bomb went off on Thursday night. One soldier was seriously injured, another moderately injured and three sustained light wounds.

 

The soldier who sustained the most serious wounds has been put on a respirator machine and has undergone surgery for injuries to his face and eyes. He is in stable condition but will likely require additional face reconstruction surgeries.

 

The other wounded soldiers suffer mainly from lacerations and burns that were caused by shrapnel.  

 

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It was initially believed the troops – Engineering Corps soldiers backed by Golani Brigade combatants – were hit by mortar fire but it was later revealed that they were hit by an explosive device. The five men, including two officers, were taken to the Soroka Medical Center in Beerheba. The troops were at the scene as part of the efforts to uncover additional parts of an underground terror tunnel that was located in the area a month ago. 

 

Soldiers rushed to hospital    (צילום: רועי עידן)

Soldiers rushed to hospital

סגורסגור

שליחה לחבר

 הקלידו את הקוד המוצג
תמונה חדשה

שלח
הסרטון נשלח לחברך

סגורסגור

הטמעת הסרטון באתר שלך

 קוד להטמעה:

The force returned fire. Palestinian sources reported that an IDF tank opened fired at a terror cell belonging to Hamas' armed wing - the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, which was situated east of the city of Khan Younis in south Gaza.

 (Photo: Herzel Yosef)

Soldiers injured in incident help one another (Photo: Herzel Yosef)

 

The Palestinians further reported that during exchanges of fire between terrorists and IDF forces near the city of Abasan in south Gaza, a Palestinian terrorist was killed and another was wounded, apparently from IDF tank fire. The Palestinians identified the terrorist who was killed as Rabiya Barakeh, 21. The IDF later bombed a tunnel in the southern Strip.

 (Photo: Herzel Yosef)

Soldier injured in incident during transport to hospital (Photo: Herzel Yosef)

 

On Friday morning sources in Gaza reported that three members of Hamas' military wing were killed in an IAF strike in the southern Strip, east of the town of al-Kharrara.

 

IDF forces near Gaza Strip border fence (Video: Roee Idan)    (צילום: רועי עידן)

IDF forces near Gaza Strip border fence (Video: Roee Idan)

סגורסגור

שליחה לחבר

 הקלידו את הקוד המוצג
תמונה חדשה

שלח
הסרטון נשלח לחברך

סגורסגור

הטמעת הסרטון באתר שלך

 קוד להטמעה:

According to the Palestinians, the incident followed the limited entry of IDF forces into Gaza, near the border fence, but Israeli officials said the forces operated beyond the security fence but still within Israeli territory.

 

Evacuation of Palestinian casualties (Photo: Reuters)
Evacuation of Palestinian casualties (Photo: Reuters)
 

The IDF recently uncovered in the Abasan area a 1.5-kilometer long tunnel that stretched from Gaza to the fields of Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha. The tunnel was meant to facilitate a complex terror attack involving an assault on soldiers or civilians.

 

Earlier this week the rocket fire on south Israel resumed after nearly a month of calm. Two rockets were fired from the Strip in the early hours of Monday morning. One was intercepted by the Iron Dome air defense system. The IDF retaliated a few hours later by attacking rocket-launching pads in north Gaza.



 

Despite protests, IDF security details for the 13 Gaza-vicinity communities were officially terminated on Thursday morning, as soldiers left their posts and turned over authority to the local residents.

 

Residents of Netiv Ha'asara demonstrated against the move on Wednesday, but on Thursday held an emotional farewell ceremony for the departing soldiers.

 

Yoav Zitun, Elior Levy, Matan Tzuri and Ilana Curiel contributed to this report

 

 

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פרסום ראשון: 10.31.13, 23:56
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