Illustrative image. Source: the Israeli Defense Forces.
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) admitted on October 25 that three of its troops were killed while fighting in the northern Gaza Strip.
The slain troops were all serving with the 460th Armored Brigade’s 196th Tank Officers Training Battalion. The brigade is the IDF’s school for tank commanders during peacetime. One of the three was a commander at the school, while the remaining two were cadets.
The troops were killed in the Jabaliya refugee camp when a powerful explosive device was detonated against the main battle tank they were in, according to the IDF. The fourth soldier in the tank was moderately wounded by the blast.
The 460th Armored Brigade’s 196th Tank Officers Training Battalion is known to operate the IDF’s advanced Merkava MK 4M tanks.
The IDF has been operating in Jabaliya and other parts of northern Gaza for more than two weeks. Most of the Palestinians who were living there were forcibly displaced to the southern part of the Strip. Israeli strikes destroyed much of the north, yet the Hamas Movement, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and other factions continue to resist.
In recent days, the IDF lost multiple Merkava tanks and Caterpillar D9 armored bulldozers in Jabaliya as a result of attacks with explosive devices and rocket-propelled grenades.
The latest deaths brought Israel’s toll in the ground operations against Hamas and other Palestinian armed factions in Gaza and along its border to 361. More than 2,280 others have been reportedly wounded. In addition, over 500 vehicles were hit in the Strip, according to Hebrew media.
Meanwhile on the Palestinian side, the death toll from the Israeli war has exceeded 42,800, with women and children making up most of the casualties.
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