It was a loss that brought back the darkest days of Israel\’s war on Palestinian terrorism and the Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon — and the next day it got even worse.
Six elite soldiers of the Givati Brigade, on their way home from a mission to destroy arms factories in Gaza City, died in a huge fireball Tuesday when their ordnance-laden armored personnel carrier went over a land mine.
On Wednesday, at least five more Israeli soldiers were killed in an attempt to retrieve the remains of the previous days\’ dead when their armored personnel carrier was hit by an anti-tank missile.