The Israeli army announced that 115 soldiers have been killed so far since the start of the ground attack on the Gaza Strip, 10 of whom were killed the previous day, most of them in one battle.
The killing of ten soldiers makes Tuesday the day that witnessed the highest death toll among Israeli forces since the start of the ground attack on October 27.
Nine of those killed on Tuesday belonged to units that a military spokesman said participated in a fierce battle in Shujaiya, and two of the dead were senior officers.
Spokesman Daniel Hagari added, “Yesterday afternoon, a force of Golani (Brigade) fighters entered a building, where they were met with heavy gunfire and clashed with the terrorists.”
He explained, “More brigade forces, supported by the 669th Rescue Unit of the Air Force, stormed the building in order to rescue them under heavy fire.”
