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In a “security incident” in Jabalia, a city in northern Gaza, on Sunday, the Israeli regime lost another Merkava 4 tank with three crew members, a much-hyped military vehicle that has been experiencing heavy losses for the past two years in the besieged Palestinian territory.

Israeli media reported that three of the regime’s soldiers were killed while operating a Merkava 4 tank, the flagship of the regime’s offensive capabilities, in a complex resistance operation.

The slain soldiers were identified as Sgt. Shoham Menahem, 21, from Yardena; Sgt. Shlomo Yakir Shrem, 20, from Efrat; and Sgt. Yuliy Faktor, 19, from Rishon Lezion.

The Israeli army still doesn’t know whether the tank was hit by an anti-tank missile or struck by an explosive device planted underneath — which demonstrates the increasing complexity of operations carried out by Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas resistance movement.