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Israeli forces killed in Shujayea reportedly lured into booby-trapped house

We have been getting reports by the Israeli media about the four soldiers that were killed inside Shujayea and five others who were critically injured.

What we’ve learned so far is that a group of Israeli soldiers were lured inside a house that was already booby-trapped with explosive devices as well as unexploded ordinance, an F-16 bomb that did not explode.

As soon as the [soldiers] got inside the house, the [devices] detonated, leaving four soldiers killed, according to the Israeli media outlets.

Source: Al Jazeera

The armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad says its fighters detonated a housing structure, killing an entire “Zionist force”, in Gaza City’s Shujayea neighbourhood.

  • In a statement, the group said it led soldiers into the building, which had a booby-trapped tunnel loaded with an undetonated F-16 rocket from an Israeli fighter jet.

  • It added fighters are still engaging in “violent clashes” with Israeli soldiers and Israeli army vehicles in the area, using machineguns and antitank missiles.

Source: Al Jazeera