5 Israeli soldiers killed in and around Gaza

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

The Israeli army said five of its soldiers have been killed in and around the wartorn Gaza Strip on Monday.

The number included four soldiers killed by a mortar shell in southern Israel who media reports had initially identified as civilians.

“Over the course of the day, 5 IDF soldiers were killed,” a statement said, indicating that four of them “were killed along the border of the Gaza Strip as a result of mortar fire”.

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Their deaths raised to 48 the total number of Israeli soldiers killed since July 17 when troops began the ground phase of a major military operation against Gaza militants.

The overall operation began on July 8, and has so far killed a total of 48 soldiers and three civilians — two Israelis and a Thai farm worker.

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