IDF troops engaging in ‘fierce battles’ inside Gaza Strip, says military

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Palestinians at the site of an Israeli air strike in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on December 4, 2023. (Abed Rahim Khatib/ Flash90)
Palestinians at the site of an Israeli air strike in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on December 4, 2023. (Abed Rahim Khatib/ Flash90)

The IDF says “fierce battles” are taking place between troops and Hamas operatives in the Gaza Strip in the last few hours.

It also publishes footage of troops of the Combat Engineering Corps’ 601st Battalion battling Hamas operatives who opened fire at them from a building yesterday.

During the battle, two soldiers, Sgt. First Class (res.) Ben Zussman and Sgt. Binyamin Yehoshua Needham, were killed, and two other soldiers were wounded.

The IDF says the troops killed the Hamas gunmen in the incident.

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