HY’D: Two IDF Soldiers Killed In Hamas Attack Despite Ceasefire

Two Israeli soldiers were killed and three were wounded in the attack by Palestinian terror operatives in southern Gaza’s Rafah this morning, the IDF announced.

The slain soldiers are named as Maj. Yaniv Kula, 26, and Staff Sgt. Itay Yavetz, 21.

Both served in the Nahal Brigade’s 932nd Battalion and are from the central city of Modiin.

The incident took place at around 10:30 a.m. in southeastern Rafah, close to the Salah a-Din road. The area, east of the so-called Yellow Line, is under IDF control as part of the ceasefire deal with Hamas.

According to an initial IDF probe, a cell of terror operatives emerged from a tunnel in the area and fired RPGs at an excavator, killing the two troops.

At the same time, another excavator was hit by sniper fire, wounding two more troops, including one seriously.

A short while after that, another soldier was wounded by sniper fire, according to the army’s preliminary investigation.

The terror operatives made no attempt to abduct soldiers in the incident, the probe found.