[News] Heavy Israeli Casualties Reported in Southern Gaza Operation

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  Heavy Israeli Casualties Reported in Southern Gaza Operation

July 27, 2025
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A group of soldiers was caught in an ambush in Gaza. (Photo: video grab)


          At least three Israeli soldiers were killed in Khan Yunis as
          resistance fighters ambushed a military unit using tunnel
          tactics and explosive devices.

The number of soldiers killed in what they described as a “difficult 
security incident” in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, has risen 
to three, according to Israeli media.

The Israeli army only acknowledged the deaths of an officer and a 
soldier from the Golani Brigade following the detonation of an explosive 
device in the area on Saturday.

According to the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, a military source 
stated that both soldiers were killed when an explosive device was 
attached to an armored personnel carrier in Khan Yunis. The same source 
added that another officer sustained injuries in the blast.

Israeli media noted that these casualties do not include personnel 
killed while conducting engineering operations inside the Gaza Strip.

On Saturday, the Israeli military announced it had expanded its 
operations in Khan Yunis, claiming its forces had eliminated a group of 
fighters in the city.

The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, claimed 
responsibility for targeting two Israeli armored vehicles with explosive 
devices planted inside their cockpits. After the vehicles caught fire, a 
third was struck with a Yassin 105 missile in Abasan al-Kabira, east of 
Khan Yunis.

According to Al-Qassam, fighters observed a military bulldozer 
attempting to bury the burning vehicles to extinguish the flames, while 
helicopters landed nearby to evacuate the wounded.

Israeli media platforms reported that a military unit had walked into an 
ambush by resistance fighters in Khan Yunis. The incident was described 
as “severe”, with public appeals issued for prayers for the soldiers’ 
safety.

Although Israeli military censorship has restricted the publication of 
details about the operation, several outlets reported that a Nimar 
armored personnel carrier was struck by an explosive device.

The reports added that resistance fighters emerged from a tunnel, 
attached the device to a Tiger armored vehicle, and withdrew, leaving at 
least four Israeli soldiers dead and several others seriously wounded.

/(PC, AJA)/

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