Posted on 07/22/2014 5:26:54 AM PDT by Star Traveler
The IDF has identified only six of the seven soldiers caught in a deadly ambush in Gaza City’s Shejaiya area earlier this week, the army announced Tuesday. The seventh soldier, named Tuesday afternoon as Oron Shaul, would appear to be missing in action. There is no definitive evidence of whether he is alive or dead
Hamas, which, like Hezbollah, has a long history of sadistically toying with Israel over the fate of its soldiers, has released an ID photo of the apparently missing soldier along with his army ID number.
The battle in Shejaiya began on Saturday night. During the early hours Sunday, a 1970s-model armored personnel carrier got stuck in one of the neighborhood’s narrow streets. A soldier and an officer got out of the armored vehicle to try and fix the problem, according to a report in the Hebrew daily Yedioth Ahronoth. Shortly thereafter, Hamas operatives opened fire on the stalled vehicle. An anti-tank missile penetrated the APC and exploded, causing immense damage.
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Surprised IDF placed M113 so close to contact with Palis. The M113s I saw preparing to assault Gaza were not up-armored. Merely magnets for RPGs...
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