2 IDF soldiers injured near Gaza
Salah al-Din Brigade claims responsibility for mortar attack
Clashes between the IDF and Palestinian terrorists along the Gaza border intensified on Tuesday, when two IDF soldiers were slightly injured by mortar fire near the security fence in southern Gaza . The injured soldiers were evacuated by helicopter to Soroka Hospital in Beersheba.
IDF forces returned fire in the area that the two mortar shells were fired from. The Salah al-Din Brigade claimed responsibility for the mortar fire on Tuesday. The Salah al-Din Brigade is the armed wing of Gaza terrorist group, the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC).
Tuesday’s incident took place in the same area where an IDF soldier was slightly wounded in clashes with Palestinians on Monday.