Three Israeli Soldiers were killed in combat in Northern Gaza today bringing the tally to 13 soldiers killed in Gaza and Lebanon over the past three days, the Israeli Defense Forces said.
The three were combat soldiers of the Armored Corps 196th Battalion, the IDF added.
Meanwhile 88 Gazans have been slaughtered since dawn on Friday, 49 of them in the northern part of the Strip, Palestinian medical services said. The IDF attacked hospitals, schools, assembly points of Palestinian seeking food and water with airstrikes, artillery shells and gunfire. Most of the dead were women and Children. Eyewitness accounts said the IDF kidnapped many children and took them to undisclosed locations.
Bombing and shelling of populated areas is a new strategy to cause maximum casualties, say Palestinian health authorities.