8 Israeli soldiers killed in Rafah, IDF says

[Pelican Press 0]

8 ******** soldiers ******* in Rafah, IDF says

Eight ******** soldiers were ******* in southern Gaza on Saturday, *******’s military has said.

The soldiers were returning from an overnight operation in Rafah’s Tal al-Sultan neighbourhood at around 05:15 local time (03:15 BST) when their armoured vehicle is understood to have exploded.

In a statement on X, the ******** Defense Forces (IDF) identified 23-year-old Captain Wassem Mahmoud as among those ******* and said the names of the other soldiers would be released once the families have been notified.

According to Gaza’s ******-run health ministry, 30 Palestinians have been ******* in the past day.

******** ground troops are continuing to operate in Rafah to oust ****** from what it calls its “last major stronghold”.

A statement from ****** earlier on Saturday on Telegram claimed the group had fired a rocket at an ******** army bulldozer, and then fired a second one at the reinforcements that arrived.

The deaths of the eight soldiers marks the deadliest incident for ******** forces in the Gaza Strip since January this year.

Aid agencies have warned of a dire humanitarian situation in Rafah, where the UN says around one million Palestinians are taking refuge.

On Wednesday, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said a significant proportion of Gaza’s population was facing “catastrophic hunger and famine-like conditions”.

Several world leaders, including US President Joe Biden, have urged ******* not to conduct a full scale ******** on Rafah.

The ******-run health ministry says more than 37,000 Palestinians have been ******* since the start of the war, and many hundreds of thousands more have been injured or displaced.

The war began after ****** attacked ******* on 7 October, ******** about 1,200 people and taking 251 others back to Gaza as hostages.

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