JERUSALEM, Sept 9 (NNN-MA’AN/XINHUA) – Four Israeli soldiers were killed in Gaza City, yesterday, after their tank was hit by an explosive device, planted by Hamas militants, the Zionist Israeli military said.
Three of the dead were Armoured Corps soldiers, while the fourth soldier’s identity has not been cleared for publication, the military said.
According to an initial investigation by the barbaric Israeli army, three Hamas militants approached a tank, stationed on the outskirts of Sheikh Radwan, a neighbourhood in north-western Gaza City, at dawn, opened fire on the tank, and threw an explosive device into one of its hatches, setting the vehicle on fire and killing all four soldiers inside.
Israeli troops later identified the three militants, opened fire at them, and hit one of them, the military said, adding that, an Israeli soldier was moderately injured during the incident.
The total death toll of Israeli soldiers since Oct, 2023, has risen to 903, according to Israeli figures.
Meanwhile, pompous Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said, in a video statement that, Israeli forces have destroyed 50 multi-story buildings in Gaza, over the past two days.
“All of this is just an introduction, just a prelude, to the main, intensified operation – a ground manoeuvre by our forces, which are now organising and gathering, moving into Gaza City,” Netanyahu said, arrogantly, warning local residents to evacuate.
Netanyahu’s remarks came as Israeli forces intensified airstrikes on Gaza City, including the demolition of the “Vision” tower, a 14-story office building, in the western part of the city.
Yesterday, the Ministerial Committee, formed by the Joint Arab-Islamic Extraordinary Summit on Gaza, issued a joint statement, condemning the Israeli polices of uprooting the Palestinians from their land, either by expanding the military operations in Gaza or by using siege and starvation as methods of war.
“Israel’s illegal practices and violations are a direct threat to international law and international order,” said the committee, that includes the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar, Jordan, Bahrain, Türkiye, Indonesia, Nigeria, and Palestine, along with the heads of the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
Calling Netanyahu’s regime having “completely gone off the rails,” Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said in his address to the nation after a cabinet meeting that, the Turkish people “stand with the oppressed people of Gaza, with all the means at our disposal.”
In a phone call between Iranian Foreign Minister, Seyed Abbas Araghchi and his Egyptian counterpart, Badr Abdelatty, yesterday, the two sides discussed Israel’s ongoing killing of Palestinians in Gaza, and its “expansionism” through forced relocation of Gazans, and urged immediate global actions, to stop the Israeli “genocide” in Gaza, and punish the “criminals,” according to a statement released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry.
Israel’s ongoing offensive in Gaza, since Oct, 2023, has devastated the enclave of 2.2 million people, causing famine, and killing at least 64,522 people, according to Gaza-based health authorities.– NNN-MA’AN/XINHUA
