TEL AVIV/GAZA STRIP (Dispatches) -- Israeli media attributed the death of a number of Israeli occupation soldiers in Gaza to a military commander’s desire to seize a house equipped with plasma screens.
A Channel 13 correspondent revealed that an internal military investigation found Colonel Ami Biton, commander of the Paratroopers Brigade, had ordered soldiers to vacate a secure house and search for another location after discovering plasma screens in the house, which he intended to claim for himself.
The correspondent added that, despite arguments and resistance, the brigade commander insisted that the troops move during daylight hours. The decision exposed the soldiers to Palestinian resistance fire, resulting in the death of one soldier and injuries to others.
Later that evening, the brigade commander allegedly attempted to cover up the incident by fabricating a story that the soldiers had been on an offensive mission.
Meanwhile, a Channel 13 poll highlighted a significant decline in Israeli public trust in their leadership. The regime received just 22 percent approval.
Public confidence in prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu fell to 29 percent, and war minister Israel Katz garnered only 24 percent support.
Gaza’s health ministry said Tuesday the Israeli military forced the evacuation of the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza, and many patients, some of them on foot, arrived at another hospital miles away in Gaza City.
The Indonesian Hospital is one of the few still partially functioning hospitals left in Gaza, on its northern edge, which has been under intense Israeli military pressure for almost three months.
The catastrophic human toll has pushed Gaza’s medical facilities to the brink of collapse. With supplies exhausted, hospitals are