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Monday, May 13, 2024
IDF: Five soldiers, Defense Ministry contractor seriously wounded in separate Gaza incidents
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Two soldiers of the elite Yahalom combat engineering unit were seriously wounded by mortars launched by Hamas in southern Gaza’s Rafah earlier today, the military says.
Another six troops were moderately hurt in the same incident.
A Defense Ministry contractor was seriously hurt and another two employees were lightly hurt in another incident in southern Gaza, the military adds.
The IDF also reports that last night, a soldier of the Givati Brigade’s Rotem Battalion was seriously wounded during a gun battle with operatives in the northern Gaza Strip.
Separately on Tuesday, the IDF says two troops of the Golani Brigade’s 51st Battalion were seriously wounded in an “operational accident” on the Gaza border, near the border community of Nir Am. The troops had been hurt during IDF strikes in the area.
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