...Israeli military, which had suffered relatively few casualties during the past 16 months of fighting. The destruction of the Merkava-3 tank, one of the most heavily armored tanks in the world, marked the first time that Palestinians destroyed a major piece...

...operations in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, days after the military was shaken by a Palestinian bomb attack that destroyed an Israeli Merkava-3 tank and killed three soldiers. Israeli tanks, military vehicles and bulldozers attacked a Palestinian security compound...