Two IDF soldiers were killed and an officer was moderately wounded by an explosive device in the southern Gaza Strip yesterday, the military announces.
The slain soldiers are named as:
Cpt. Amir Saad, 22, a Technology and Maintenance Corps officer serving in the Golani Brigade’s reconnaissance unit, from Yanuh-Jat.
Sgt. Inon Nuriel Vana, 20, a Technology and Maintenance Corps soldier serving in the Golani Brigade’s reconnaissance unit, from Kiryat Tiv’on.
The wounded Golani reconnaissance unit officer was taken to a hospital in moderate condition, the army says.
According to an initial IDF probe, the soldiers were inside a Namer armored personnel carrier that was hit by an explosive device during operations in Khan Younis.
The military says it is continuing to investigate how the bomb was detonated against the APC.
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