IDF Soldier Missing in Gaza, Presumed Dead; Soldier Kidnapped Claims Hamas


JERUSALEM (Worthy News)– Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it identified six of seven bodies killed in Sunday’s attack, and the seventh soldier is now considered ‘missing in action’. Two more soldiers were killed in overnight action, raising the total of Israeli casualties to 27.

The IDF on Tuesday said that it had identified six of seven bodies of IDF soldiers killed in Sunday’s attack on an armored personnel carrier (APC) on the Gaza border.

The announcement came after Hamas claimed to have kidnapped an Israeli soldier on Sunday, not clarifying if he was alive or dead.

Abu Ubaida, the spokesman of the Hamas’s armed wing, said the soldier was seized in heavy fighting on the Gaza border. He displayed a photo ID and army serial number of the man, but showed no image of him in their hands. — Jerusalem Post

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Two soldiers killed Monday, raising IDF death toll to 27 – Ynet News
The body of one of the seven soldiers killed Sunday in an attack on an armored personnel carrier in Gaza is still missing, the IDF said.

The announcement came after the army announced that two IDF soldiers were killed in combat in the Gaza Strip on Monday afternoon, and released the names of six others killed Sunday.

IDF: 20 terrorists killed in over 100 attacks overnight – Ynet News
Twenty eight terrorists have been arrested since the IDF launched its ground incursion into the Gaza Strip, a senior military official said. He stated that since the Operation Protective Edge started fifteen days ago, 3,200 targets were attacked.

Meanwhile, medical officials in Gaza claimed Tuesday’s attacks have left 12 Palestinians dead, raising the Palestinian death toll to 583, with 3,640 wounded.

 

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