A second IDF soldier was killed in the roadside bomb attack in the central Gaza Strip earlier today, the military announces.
The slain soldier is named as Sgt. Maj. (res.) Mordechai Yosef Ben Shoam, 34, a truck driver with the Jerusalem Brigade’s 8119th Battalion, from Geva Binyamin.
Ben Shoam was part of a convoy to supply troops in Gaza City’s southern Zeitoun neighborhood with equipment.
During the drive in the Netzarim Corridor, a roadside bomb exploded, killing Ben Shoam and Maj. (res.) Yotam Itzhak Peled.
The Hamas operatives who had planted the bomb also opened fire at the troops in the convoy, before fleeing, according to an initial IDF probe and a statement from the terror group.
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