| Tel al-Sultan ambush | |||||||
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| Part of the Rafah offensive during the Gaza war | |||||||
 A Namer APC and a Merkava tank of the 601st Combat Engineering Battalion during an exercise in January 2023 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Hamas |
 Israel | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Unknown |
 Wassem Mahmoud † | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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Al-Qassam Brigades | |||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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None |
8 soldiers killed 1 Namer destroyed 1 D9 armored bulldozer destroyed | ||||||
The Tel al-Sultan ambush occurred on 15 June 2024, when members of the armed wing of Hamas, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, ambushed an Israeli convoy near the Palestinian refugee camp of Tal al-Sultan, west of Rafah in the Gaza Strip.