- Another soldier sustained moderate injuries in the ensuing shootout, the army said.
- Since October 2023, 468 Israeli soldiers have been killed in Gaza.
JERUSALEM: Palestinian militants killed four Israeli soldiers on Monday by planting an explosive device in their tank, the Israeli military said.
“At around 6:00 a.m. (03:00 GMT), a squad of three terrorists arrived at an IDF (Israeli army) post near Sheikh Radwan in northern Gaza,” the statement said.
The terrorists threw an explosive device at an IDF tank. The device exploded, killing four IDF soldiers who were in the tank at the time.
The military said another soldier was moderately wounded in the ensuing firefight, adding that “hits were recorded” on two of the three militants who carried out the attack.
Only three of the dead soldiers have been named, and the name of the fourth has not yet been cleared for publication.
According to AFP, based on Israeli army data, 468 soldiers have been killed since the army's ground offensive in the Gaza Strip began on October 27, 2023.
