{"id":223995,"date":"2023-11-02T17:49:50","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T17:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allworldreport.com\/?p=223995"},"modified":"2023-11-02T17:49:50","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T17:49:50","slug":"idf-commander-who-saved-innocents-in-oct-7-massacre-is-most-senior-israeli-soldier-killed-in-gaza-as-death-toll-hits-17-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allworldreport.com\/world-news\/idf-commander-who-saved-innocents-in-oct-7-massacre-is-most-senior-israeli-soldier-killed-in-gaza-as-death-toll-hits-17-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"IDF commander who saved innocents in Oct 7 massacre is most senior Israeli soldier killed in Gaza as death toll hits 17 | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AN IDF commander who was noted for heroic conduct after saving civilians in the October 7 massacre has been killed in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Lieutenant Colonel Salman Habka, 33, is dead following a clash with Hamas fighters in the northern Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/idf-commander-saved-innocents-oct-856745084.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>He becomes the highest ranking Israeli officer to have been killed since the beginning of the war with Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>Lt. 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Habka is also the 17th Israeli casualty in Gaza since the IDF launched their full-scale ground invasion on October 27.<\/p>\n<p>Four days into their storm on Gaza, Israel said its forces had killed &quot;dozens&quot;of Hamas fighters inside their sprawling network of tunnels and underground compounds.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli troops made &quot;significant progress&quot; in their ground offensive as they continued advancing deeper into the besieged enclave.<\/p>\n<h2>Read more in World News<\/h2>\n<p><source media=\"(-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.5)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/soldiers-walk-near-destroyed-homes-856723366.jpg\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/soldiers-walk-near-destroyed-homes-856723366.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/soldiers-walk-near-destroyed-homes-856723366.jpg\"><\/picture><span>EVIL UNLEASHED <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Hamas &#x27;b******s&#x27; cooked babies alive in ovens during massacre, medics reveal<\/h3>\n<p><source media=\"(-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.5)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/newspress-collage-24607131-1698933241284.jpg\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/newspress-collage-24607131-1698933241284.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/newspress-collage-24607131-1698933241284.jpg\"><\/picture><span>FUNGI UNFOLDS <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Shock twists in mushroom poison saga from mystery illness to murder charges<\/h3>\n<p>And on Thursday, it was announced that Hamas&#x27; missile commander had been wiped out following a second strike on the Jabalia refuge camp.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli forces said Muhammad A&#x27;sar the head of Hamas\u2019 anti-tank missile unit was &quot;eliminated&quot; in a strike of the Gazan refugee camp dubbed a &quot;terrorist stronghold.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>But at the expense of that is the death of one of their highest ranking soldiers in Lt. 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Habka, who was credited as the officer who &quot;turned the tide of battle&quot; at Be\u2019eri Kibbutz.<\/p>\n<p>According to IDSF, Habka transferred some of his troops from Hebron to Tze\u2019elim, close to the trouble spot, after receiving a message that something serious was happening at the border with Gaza.<\/p>\n<h2>Most read in The Sun<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/da-ms-comp.jpg\"><\/picture><span>AD SLAM <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>M&#038;S REMOVES Xmas ad post &#038; apologises for &#8216;unintentional hurt&#8217; \u2013 but star hits back<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/JF-SPORT-DRAW-.jpg\"><\/picture><span>CAR BLIMEY <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Carabao Cup draw \u2018rigged\u2019 blast Newcastle fans after yet another nightmare tie<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/VP-WEATHER-DAMAGE-v2_COMP.jpg\"><\/picture><span>STORMING IN <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Storm Ciar\u00e1n winds leaves &#8216;disaster zone&#8217; as &#8216;golf ball&#8217; hailstones batter UK<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/newspress-collage-24297873-1696534969740.jpg\"><\/picture><span>LONG GONE <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Walkers discontinues ANOTHER hugely popular crisp flavour &#038; Brits are &#8216;in tears&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Soldiers of the 53rd Battalion in the 188th Armored Brigade were soon supplying the troops in the field with machine guns and six of their tanks.<\/p>\n<p>The teams were distributed among three kibbutzim\u00a0\u2014 Be\u2019eri, Kfar Aza, and Nahal Oz &#8211; before Habka sent another detachment to the Erez Crossing.<\/p>\n<p>Habka arrived at the kibbutz with two tanks and joined a detachment of paratroopers at the site, where they managed to push back the Hamas terrorists and gain the upper hand.<\/p>\n<p>But Habka\u2019s decision to separate the tanks proved to be a brave, well-conceived tactic, as his crews repelled another attack that came through the Erez Crossing and killed the terrorists at the border.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas chief Ghazi Hamad told Iranian TV last week the group will not stop until Israel is annihilated, however.<\/p>\n<p>His threat, circulated online, made a mockery of calls for a\u00a0ceasefire in Gaza from dozens of Labour MPs.<\/p>\n<p>And the desperate parents of 32 child hostages snatched by Hamas have pleaded for the terror group to release them.<\/p>\n<p>The petrified youngsters are being held underground in the 311-mile network of tunnels dubbed the Gaza Metro as Israel battles to crush the jihadists and bring them home.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/24610741\/senior-idf-commander-killed-gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AN IDF commander who was noted for heroic conduct after saving civilians in the October 7 massacre&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223994,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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