Ma kahi o ʻelima mau kānaka i make i kēia lā i ka wā i puhi aku ai nā kānaka pū i ke ahi ma luna o kahi kaʻa a me nā kaʻa ʻē aʻe i ke ʻano o nā hoʻouka kaua ma kahi kokoke i ka hale mākaʻikaʻi ʻIseraʻela ma Eilat.
ʻO nā pōkā, nā morta a me kahi missile anti-tank a pau i puhi ʻia a pahū ʻia kahi pōkā ma ke alanui i ka wā o ka hoʻouka kaua a nā luna o ka ʻIseraʻela i hoʻopiʻi ai i nā mea hoʻoweliweli mai Gaza. ʻO ke kaʻa kaʻa i pā i hoʻomaopopo ʻia he lawe mākaʻikaʻi.
Ua hōʻike ʻia ʻekolu mau mea hoʻoweliweli i waena o ka poʻe i make ma hope o ke kaua pū ʻana me nā pūʻali koa kūikawā o ka ʻIseraʻela, akā ʻaʻohe ʻōlelo kikoʻī e pili ana i ka ʻike o nā mea make ʻē aʻe. Ma kahi o ka ʻumi mau kānaka i ʻeha.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Lieutenant Colonel Avital Leibovich, kahi ʻōlelo a ka pūʻali koa Israeli: "Ke kamaʻilio nei mākou e pili ana i kahi pūʻali weliweli i komo i loko o ka ʻIseraʻela. ʻO kēia kahi hui hoʻoweliweli hoʻouka kaua i ka ʻIseraʻela. "
