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Eight Israeli soldiers are killed in Gaza

2024-06-16 11:46:00, Kosova & Bota CNA
Eight Israeli soldiers are killed in Gaza
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Eight Israeli soldiers were killed Saturday by an explosion in the southern Gaza Strip, the Israeli army announced.

It was the deadliest attack on Israeli forces in recent months.

Saturday's attack took place in Rafah, the southern city that Israel has identified as the last major stronghold of Hamas - the group designated a terrorist organization by the United States and the European Union.

"They knew they might have to sacrifice their lives, but they did it so that we could live in this country. I greet them and hug their families," Israeli Foreign Minister Israeli Katz said in a post on the X social network.

The Israeli military said the explosion occurred early in the morning in the Tal al-Sultan area of ??Rafah.

Daniel Hagari, the spokesman for the Israeli army, said that the explosion was caused by an explosive device planted by Hamas, or by an anti-tank missile.

In January, 21 Israeli troops were killed in a single attack by Hamas operatives in Gaza.

Israel launched the war, vowing to destroy Hamas, after the radical Palestinian group killed around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapped more than 250 others during an October 7 attack in southern Israel.

More than 100 hostages were released during a week-long ceasefire in November in exchange for Palestinians imprisoned by Israel.

More than 37,000 Palestinians have been killed during eight months of Israeli bombing and ground attacks in Gaza, according to the Ministry of Health in the Palestinian enclave, which is ruled by Hamas.

The war has significantly restricted the flow of food aid, medicine and other supplies to Palestinians, who are facing severe hunger. United Nations agencies say more than 1 million people in Gaza could experience the highest level of hunger by mid-July.

US President Joe Biden said this week that he does not expect a ceasefire deal to be reached in the war in Gaza in the near future, after a proposal backed by the US and others has not been fully accepted by Israel. or Hamas ./REL 





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