Gaza, Israel: ‘Yesterday Hamas killed our soldier’

Milan, 29 October (LaPresse) – An Israeli Defence Force (IDF) reservist was killed yesterday afternoon in an attack carried out by ‘Palestinian terrorists’ against troops stationed in the Rafah area, in the southern Gaza Strip. This was announced by the army, as reported by the Times of Israel. The victim is Sergeant Major (on convalescence) Yonah Efraim Feldbaum, 37, a heavy equipment maintenance technician from the West Bank settlement of Neria. According to an initial IDF investigation, Hamas militants launched rocket-propelled grenades and fired sniper shots at forces operating in the Jenina neighbourhood of Rafah. The area is located on the eastern side of the Yellow Line, under Israeli control according to the ceasefire agreement. Hamas has denied any involvement in Feldbaum’s death.