Defence system' on attacked troop carrier failed to work: Report

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A preliminary investigation by the Israeli military found the Hamas attack that killed eight troops in an army vehicle near Rafah was carried out with a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) and a defence system failed to stop it.

The short range of the rocket launch is likely why the system didn't work, the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation reports. The armoured personnel carrier was carrying eight Israeli soldiers from the 601 st Combat Engineering Battalion.

The rocket penetrated outer compartments where explosive devices and mines were kept, and "secondary explosions left no chance for the soldiers to survive", it said.