Shuja'iyya ambush

Shuja'iyya ambush
Part of the First Battle of Shuja'iyya (2023) and the Israel–Hamas war
Date13 December 2023
Location
Shuja'iyya, Gaza
Result Hamas victory
Belligerents
 Israel  Hamas
Commanders and leaders
Israel Yitzhak Ben-Bashat †
Israel Tomer Greenberg †[1]		 Hamas Amad Abdullah Ali Qariqa[2]
Units involved

 Israel Defense Forces

 al-Qassam Brigades
Casualties and losses
Israel 10 killed[3]
Israel 1 Namer destroyed		 Hamas 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.

  1. ^ "Gaza: Israeli commanders among nine soldiers killed in Hamas ambush". The Guardian.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Ambush, Loss of Contact, Abduction Scare | Behind the Battle That Claimed Nine Israeli Soldiers in Northern Gaza Strip". Haaretz.
  4. ^ "Israel-Hamas war: 10 IDF soldiers killed in fierce Gaza battle". 13 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Soldiers killed in Shejaiya ambush buried". The Times of Israel.