| Shuja'iyya ambush | |||||||
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| Part of the First Battle of Shuja'iyya (2023) and the Israel–Hamas war | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Israel |
 Hamas | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Yitzhak Ben-Bashat † Tomer Greenberg †[1] |
Amad Abdullah Ali Qariqa[2] | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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al-Qassam Brigades | |||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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10 killed[3] 1 Namer destroyed |
None[4] | ||||||
On 13 December 2023, during the wider Israeli invasion of Gaza, Hamas forces carried out an ambush at Shuja'iyya. The ambush resulted in the deaths of 10 Israeli soldiers.[5] One of the dead soldiers was Colonel Yitzhak Ben-Bashat.
- ^ "Gaza: Israeli commanders among nine soldiers killed in Hamas ambush". The Guardian.
- ^ Brian Carter (8 December 2023). "The Order of Battle of Hamas' Izz al Din al Qassem Brigades, Part 1: North and Central Gaza". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ "Ambush, Loss of Contact, Abduction Scare | Behind the Battle That Claimed Nine Israeli Soldiers in Northern Gaza Strip". Haaretz.
- ^ "Israel-Hamas war: 10 IDF soldiers killed in fierce Gaza battle". 13 December 2023.
- ^ "Soldiers killed in Shejaiya ambush buried". The Times of Israel.