At least three Israeli soldiers have been killed and three others seriously wounded in the Gaza Strip on Monday, in a “difficult” security incident in the Gaza Strip, after a Merkava tank was hit by an anti-tank missile, Hebrew media outlets reported.
The media reports described the incident as another “disaster” for the occupation forces, unfolding amid what was described as a “difficult and complex battle” taking place in several areas, especially in the eastern part of Gaza City.
The outlets revealed that Israeli warplanes conducted an aerial evacuation mission, airlifting wounded soldiers from within Gaza and transferring them to Tal HaShomer military hospital in central “Israel”.
The operation comes as reports circulate of possible Israeli losses during fierce confrontations with Palestinian Resistance fighters in the al-Tuffah neighborhood and Jabalia al-Balad. The confrontations involved the use of smoke grenades and heavy artillery shelling to secure the aerial evacuation from inside the Gaza Strip
