Shuja'iyya ambush
| Shuja'iyya ambush | |||||||
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| Part of the First Battle of Shuja'iyya (2023) and the Gaza war | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Israel | Hamas | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Yitzhak Ben-Bashat † Tomer Greenberg † | Unknown | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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10 soldiers killed 1 Namer destroyed | None | ||||||
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. One of the dead soldiers was Colonel Yitzhak Ben-Bashat.