At least three Israeli soldiers were killed and several others wounded on Friday during a series of ambushes by Palestinian resistance factions in the Gaza Strip.
Sgt. Yair Eliyahou, 19, from the settlement of Ezer, a Combat Engineering soldier in the Northern Brigade, was killed overnight, according to Hebrew media reports.
In addition, Hebrew media reported that two soldiers from the Golani Brigade were killed after their tank was struck by an anti-tank rocket in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip.
In related developments, Zionist media reported four “security incidents” had occurred in the Gaza Strip since this morning, including one in Khan Younis and two in Beit Hanoun, while the fourth is reportedly still under investigation.
An Israeli media platform also reported a “difficult incident” that took five hours to resolve, though no further details were disclosed amid a continuing media blackout on battlefield developments.
The situation in Gaza is witnessing a major escalation with the continued resistance attacks on the advancing Israeli occupation forces through ground ambushes and intensive shelling.
