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The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) has acknowledged losing four more troops during fighting with Palestinian armed factions in the Gaza Strip.
The death of three reservists was announced on August 24. Two of them were killed in an explosion in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighborhood in the northern part of the Strip, which claimed the life of another reservist whose death was announced on August 23. Both were serving in the Jerusalem Brigade’s 6310th Battalion.
The other soldier was killed in a separate clash with Palestinian gunmen in central Gaza. He was serving in the ranks of the Jerusalem Brigade’s 8119th Battalion.
The death of a fourth soldier was announced on August 25. The soldier, who was serving in the ranks of the Paratroopers Brigade’s 202nd Battalion, was killed by an explosive device in the southern part of the Strip, according to an initial IDF probe.
From its side, the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Gaza-ruling Hamas Movement, released combat footage from the Tell al-Sultan neighborhood to the west of the city of Rafah in southern Gaza. The footage shows a group of Israeli troops being ambushed and three main battle tanks being hit. Casualties were reported.
The last four deaths brought Israel’s toll in the ground operations against Hamas and other Palestinian armed factions in Gaza and along its border to 341. Around 2,200 others have been reportedly wounded. In addition, over 500 vehicles were hit in the Strip, according to Hebrew media.
On the Palestinian side, the death toll from the Israeli war has exceeded 40,300, with women and children making up most of the casualties.
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