And so many from Judea and Samaria- the "settlements". They are our hope and future; those who protect the nation selflessly. May G-d protect them.

Yeah sure...Yosef was very religious Druze Muslim...

Your account is questionable. It seems as if Tsahal soldiers cannot be killed by Hamas fire. B ydenying war casualties, your are loosing credibility and making Hamas killings more potent !

True- there have been 2 Druze casualties too, but watch the news and see how many of the soldiers are religious jews-kippot srugot. See how many of the wounded are, of those killed are. And how many of them come from Judea and Samaria. Like it or not, it's a fact.

The same way civilians are killed because they are mistaken with the hamas men. Stop this war now.

Nothing would happen if the buildings were the soldiers have hided, would have been destroyed in advance. It is about the time to face the fact that we are in warfare, and we have to behave as such.

Its funny that Israeli casualties should come only from friendly fire according to IDF accounts. Be real people because you are losing credebility fast.

If i were living in Israel id be offended by all these lies the government keeps spitting out, your telling me 10,000 troops went in to fight 25,000 militants and only 5 died? 4 as a result of friendly fire? COME ON PPL, GET REAL.

Interesting to see how many of the post come from people who apparently have never seen fire , driven an armoured vehicle in battle times or manned a communication station. In an urban war , the biggest difficulty is to make the right decision in the fastest possible way . In an open field, although decision speed is also critical, the risks are lesser as fewer options are available to the ennemy. I do believe that any military operation will yield infortunate " collateral damages" and that friendly fire issues have been a part of war since the ancient times. Taking more time in cross-checking information is certainly wishful thinking. Tsahal is not a trigger happy army . Let's honor the dead soldiers who gave their life , willingly or not, to the nation. Internal Religious considerations have no place on these posts.

Stop saying "stop the war"...mefager

I really feel sorry for ur army Till now they are not telling u the truth i can confirm that tens of ur men are killed till now and i feel sorry for their execuses about those who were killed mistaken In the coming future, you will be shocked with a video in which Hamas men will show u a new Shalit in their hand and then tell me how strong ur army is

Funny, if the house was destroyed before the soldiers enter inside, they wouldn't then find a place to hide, hence they would have been killed by HAMAS

What credibility do you have for saying that "tens" of Israeli soldiers were killed? Can you prove it? Your statement is not valid until proven.

because too much arogance is going to lead to the destruction of israel so behave and learn how to live in peace with other nations or face the end .behave ..behave shalom

May your soldiers hit those responsible, miss the innocent and return safely home. We are with you, stay tough.

two out of the 5 Israeli soldiers killed so far defending the jewish state are israeli-Arabs. Please remmember this fact when posting your typical racist inciting remarks about Israeli-Arabs.

that was a breaking news at aljazeera yesterday ...Hamas gunmen directed those idiots to a building ..and then ...they killed some and injured the rest ..few kidnapped . that was not friendly fire .. all of this is irrelevant infront of the civilian casuality . this must stop.

Just confirms that IDF shoots on anything moving. IDF has no more respect for civilianz than Hamas. Death figures confirm that even more.

Gaza terrorists can easily dress up in IDF uniforms, or civilian clothes, or take off a uniform before appearing on camera. We are dealing with transuniformed terrorists.

Why don't you confess that Hamas fighters are the ones who killed these soldiers? Why do you lie to us? War of 2006 taught us not to believe you!!!!!!!!!!

we say NO to Dhimitude. Now back into the cave,fool.

Hass said: "Where does the IDF Chief of Staff sit when he draws up war plans? Not in the Sahara, or even in the Negev. What would happen if someone blew themselves up at the entrance to Tel Aviv's Cinematheque movie theater, and those who sent him said sorry, but he was headed for the Defense Ministry down the street?". In the mean time, the IDF Chief of Staff is waiting Hamas to to express sorry and sorrow for the incident!

Olmert: We'll end Gaza op if arms smuggling, rocket attacks cease Barak: We knew it would be difficult

With no outside media to substantiate it..you expect the world to take your word? You're contempt for the reader is overwhelming .. And you prove you're not trustworthy..even to tell the truth.. TATA

This is more lying on the part of the IDF. These soldiers died at the hands of the resistance. you can be sure that the invaders have suffered dozens of casualties. As they were warned before they started this adventure, Gaza is swiftly becoming a graveyard for the Zionists.

This is unacceptable and we need to investgate and decide if extra training is needed by the men who control these tanks. How do you tell a parent their son is dead because we killed him through negligence not in combat? There must be no more friendly fire incidents Now though is the time to pray that there are no more of these accidents and for the souls of the men who died.

Sorry....you'r right. We can't say stop the war. We should rather say: stop this massacre.

Oh... we have have learned...and the response is... you are next !!!

and destroyed dozens of tanks? And who turned out to be lying?

G_d is telling you you are doing the wrong thing!