Ubuncinci abantu abahlanu babhubhile namhlanje xa abadubuli bedubula kwibhasi nezinye iimoto kuthotho lohlaselo kufutshane nendawo yokuchithela abakhenkethi yakwa-Israel e-Eilat.
Iimbumbulu, iibhulukhwe, iinqwelo zodaka kunye nomjukujelwa ochasene netanki zonke zadutyulwa kwaza kwaqhushumba ibhombu ecaleni kwendlela ngexesha lohlaselo olwalutyholwa ngamagosa akwa-Israel kubanqolobi baseGaza. Ibhasi eyatshayiswayo kwakuqondwa ukuba ithwele abakhenkethi.
Abanqolobi abathathu baxelwe ukuba babephakathi kwabafileyo emva komlo wemipu kunye nemikhosi ekhethekileyo yase-Israel, kodwa kwakungekho zinkcukacha zikhawulezayo malunga nokuba ngoobani abanye abantu ababuleweyo. Malunga neshumi elinesibini labantu bonzakele.
ULieutenant Colonel Avital Leibovich, isithethi somkhosi wase-Israel uthe: “Sithetha ngeqela labagrogrisi elangena kwaSirayeli. Olu luhlaselo lwabanqolobi oludibeneyo nxamnye namaSirayeli. ”
