Seven of the eight troops killed in Gaza announced this morning died in a series of blasts while searching buildings in the Gaza City suburb of Shejaiya, according to a notice from the Golani Brigade cited in Hebrew media reports.
“While carrying out searches to clear buildings in the heart of the Shejaiya Kasbah, considered a crowded area overflowing with terror targets, there was a large explosion in one of the building and several soldiers from the 13th battalion were wounded,” the Walla news site quotes the notice saying.
According to the missive, a second blast went off when a second group attempted to come to the aid of the injured soldiers.
A third force then attempted to reach a group, and it was hit by an explosive as well.
According to the Kan public broadcaster, soldiers initially responded to gunfire from the apparently booby-trapped building.
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