Soldier from Modi'in killed in RPG attack in southern Gaza

• Published date: 29 March 2024
• Author: MAARIV ONLINE
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

The 21-year-old Egoz Unit commando was posthumously promoted from the rank of staff-sergeant

A Gazan terrorist fired an RPG toward a floor in the building where Kudriashov and the rest of the Egoz force were staying, in the al-Amal neighborhood in western Khan Yunis.

As a result of the explosion and the walls collapsing, Kudriashov was killed and another 16 soldiers were wounded – six seriously, five moderately, and five lightly.

Unit 669 and air force rescue helicopters evacuated the wounded to hospital within 55 minutes of the explosion.

The incident took place around 10 a.m.

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