Five Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza as pressure mounts for ceasefire

At slightest 887 Israeli soldiers person been killed successful 21-month Gaza war, which has near astatine slightest 57,523 Palestinians dormant and implicit 135,000 wounded.

The Israeli subject says 5 of its soldiers person been killed aft Palestinian fighters detonated explosive devices during an cognition successful bluish Gaza’s Beit Hanoon area.

Israeli forces besides killed astatine slightest 30 Palestinians successful dawn raids connected Tuesday, arsenic unit mounted connected Israel to onslaught a ceasefire woody with Hamas.

The Israeli subject said the 5 soldiers, aged betwixt 20 and 28, “fell during combat successful the bluish Gaza Strip”, portion 14 others sustained injuries – 2 of them “severely wounded”.

Reporting from Jordan’s superior Amman, Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh said a “preliminary investigation” into the deaths of the soldiers had been opened.

“What we recognize is that the Israeli soldiers were attacked, past the portion that tried to travel to their rescue was besides attacked, and past a 3rd radical of soldiers that tried to extract them was besides attacked,” she said.

Since Israel launched its warfare connected Gaza successful October 2023, astatine slightest 887 of its soldiers person been killed.

Tuesday’s deaths came 2 weeks aft Israel reported 1 of its deadliest days successful months successful Gaza, wherever 7 soldiers were killed aft a weaponry was attached to their armoured vehicle.

Abu Obeida, the spokesperson for the Qassam Brigades, the equipped helping of Hamas, said the latest onslaught was “an further stroke … successful an country the concern thought was safe”, informing that the radical would “inflict further losses” connected the Israeli subject “every day”.

‘Difficult morning’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lamented a “difficult morning” arsenic helium visited Washington, DC, for talks with United States President Donald Trump, arsenic the 2 leaders discussed the forced relocation of Palestinians retired of Gaza.

Last week, Trump had predicted Israeli and Hamas negotiators holding indirect ceasefire talks successful Qatar could scope a woody this week.

The bloodshed successful Gaza increases the unit connected Netanyahu to hold to the existent US-backed proposals for a 60-day ceasefire to halt the 21-month offensive. Israeli polls person shown wide enactment for ending the war.

Opposition person Yair Lapid wrote connected X: “For the involvement of the fighters, for the involvement of their families, for the involvement of the hostages, for the involvement of the State of Israel: this warfare indispensable beryllium ended.”

Al Jazeera’s Odeh said the absorption figures successful Israel accidental soldiers person been dying successful Gaza “not to support Israel, but to support Netanyahu’s conjugation government”.

‘Sleepless night’ successful Gaza

Meanwhile, Israel continued its genocidal onslaught connected Gaza, with aesculapian sources telling Al Jazeera that astatine slightest 30 Palestinians had been killed since dawn connected Tuesday.

“It was a sleepless nighttime present successful Gaza, marked by an intensification of aerial attacks and the usage of aggregate aerial vehicles, including combatant jets, drones and helicopters to pummel residential areas and spaces that had been designated arsenic ‘safe zones’,” Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum reported from Deir el-Balah successful cardinal Gaza.

At slightest 9 Palestinians were killed during an Israeli drone onslaught connected a structure sheltering displaced Palestinians successful the al-Mawasi country adjacent Gaza’s confederate metropolis of Khan Younis.

In a abstracted dawn attack, 2 radical were killed and others injured successful Israeli aerial raids connected the Hakr al-Jami country successful Deir el-Balah, the Wafa quality bureau reported, citing aesculapian sources.

Israeli planes besides bombed a schoolhouse sheltering displaced Palestinians successful the Bureij exile campy successful cardinal Gaza, reportedly sidesplitting astatine slightest 4 people.

The warring has pushed the healthcare strategy successful Gaza adjacent to a full collapse. The Palestine Red Crescent connected Tuesday said the Zeitoun aesculapian session successful Gaza City had ceased operations aft shelling successful the surrounding area.

It said the closure would unit thousands of civilians to locomotion agelong distances for aesculapian attraction oregon children’s vaccinations.

Al Jazeera’s Abu Azzoum said Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital successful cardinal Gaza issued a connection connected Monday, saying it would tally retired of substance “within the adjacent fewer hours” and calling connected the planetary assemblage to enactment unit connected Israel to let deliveries.

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Al Jazeera and quality agencies