During the operation in the Gaza Strip, wounding 30 Israeli soldiers.

SyuzhetyVoennaya Israel's operation in the sector Gaza04.01.2009TsAHAL reported 30 killed overnight HAMASV combatants during an operation in the Gaza Strip, wounding 30 Israeli soldiers, two of them - hard. That was reported by the newspaper Haaretz, referring to Israeli television.
The same data leads AFP. However, representatives of Hamas, according to the agency, saying that during the fighting killed nine IDF soldiers, including one officer. Military wing of Hamas - "Brigades Izzedine al-Kasama - initially reported five dead Israelis. The Israeli army did not comment on those reports.
According to the Israeli side since the start of ground operations in Gaza had died the evening of January 3, at least 30 Hamas militants. Palestinian medics said that several fighters were seriously wounded in the northern sector, but they have not yet been able to evacuate.
The Israeli armed forces launched air strike on the positions of the factions of Hamas in the Gaza Strip on 27 December. The aim of the operation, according to the Israeli leadership, was to put an end to shelling of Israeli territory from the sector of Qassam rockets. To date, were killed, according to CNN, 460 Palestinians.