Reported: 20:13 PM - Jan/06/09

(IsraelNN.com) Soldiers killed a suicide bomber in Gaza fighting as the IDF lost two more soldiers, bring to six the number of troops who have fallen in the 11-day counterterrorist operation. One soldier was killed in a clash with Hamas terrorists at the beginning of the ground incursion Saturday night.

Three others were reported killed in two incidents of friendly fire, and it was cleared for publication Tuesday afternoon that a fourth soldier also died.