Eight Israeli troops killed in blast in southern Gaza
Eight Israeli soldiers have been killed in a blast in the southern city of Rafah in Gaza, amid the occupying regime’s ongoing offensive against the besieged strip.
The Israeli military said the troops were killed on Saturday morning, as they were driving in an armored personnel carrier after having taken part in an attack on the Tal al-Sultan neighborhood in the west of Rafah overnight.
Earlier in the day, al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas resistance movement, said its fighters had ambushed an armored vehicle in the area, killing and wounding a number of Israeli soldiers.
The deaths of these eight soldiers bring the total number of Israeli military casualties in recent ground operations to 307.
The latest development comes as Israeli tanks have been advancing in Tal al-Sultan for weeks, shelling the coastal area where thousands of displaced Palestinians have sought refuge despite growing international pressure for a ceasefire.
Meanwhile, Israeli airstrikes have struck several areas across Gaza, killing at least 19 Palestinians.
According to residents, at least 15 people were killed after Israeli airstrikes targeted two houses in Gaza City suburbs.
Medics also said that four Palestinians were killed in separate attacks in the south.
Israel waged the atrocious onslaught against the Gaza Strip after Palestinian resistance movements launched a surprise attack, dubbed Operation al-Aqsa Storm, against the usurping regime on October 7, 2023.
At least 37,290 Palestinians have been killed, most of them women and children, and another 85,102 individuals have sustained injuries. More than 1.7 million people have been internally displaced during the war as well.
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