Eight Israeli soldiers killed in armoured car explosion, after Rafah raid left 50 dead
Israel announces ‘tactical pause’ in attempt to increase flow of aid into Gaza
A Palestinian boy, wounded in an Israeli strike, in a hospital bed in Deir Al-Balah, in central Gaza. Photo: Reuters
Eight Israeli soldiers have been killed in southern Gaza in one of the deadliest attacks on the country’s military during its war against Hamas.
The troops were all killed inside a Namer armoured combat engineering vehicle, according to a spokesman from the Israel Defence Forces (IDF).
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