Inside the Shejaiya Firestorm: The Fallen Commanders Leading from the Front

Following the December 12 ambush in Gaza City’s Shejaiya neighborhood, the IDF named among the fallen Col. Itzhak Ben Basat (44) and Lt. Col. Tomer Grinberg (35), along with several officers and soldiers from Golani battalions. The engagement underscored the brutality of Hamas’s tactics in dense urban spaces rigged with explosives.

Facts: Date — 12–13 Dec 2023; Location — Shejaiya; Fallen include — Ben Basat, Grinberg and others.

Sources: Times of Israel (Dec 13, 2023).