03:29โขSeven Engineers Die in Gaza Blast
โจThe newspapers report that seven IDF combat engineers were killed when militants attached an explosive device to their armored personnel carrier in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip (13tv, Davar, Israel Hayom, Kan, Maariv, Mako, n12, Ynet, walla, Haaretz). The soldiers belonged to the 605th Combat Engineering Battalion and were traveling in an older model Puma APC when the attack occurred. Six of the fallen soldiers have been identified: Lieutenant Matan Shai Yashinovsky (21), Staff Sergeant Ronal Ben-Moshe (20), Staff Sergeant Niv Radia (20), Sergeant Ronen Shapiro (19), Sergeant Shachar Manoah (21), and Sergeant Meayan Baruch Perlstein, while one name remains classified. According to preliminary investigations, a militant managed to attach the explosive device to the vehicle before escaping, causing the fatal blast. In a separate incident, another force from the same battalion sustained anti-tank fire, with two soldiers wounded.