Israeli soldiers accuse military of negligence after 7 combat engineers killed in Gaza – Middle East Monitor

Israeli soldiers have accused their army’s leadership of negligence following the deaths last week of seven combat engineers in a deadly explosion in southern Gaza, Anadolu reports.

The soldiers, from the Israeli army’s 605th Engineering Battalion, spoke to Israeli public broadcaster KAN on Friday on “systemic neglect and failure” in their combat gear.

According to the report, troops said their personal weapons, medium machine guns, and Puma armored…