Not less than 887 Israeli troopers have been killed within the 22-month Gaza struggle, which has left a minimum of 57,523 Palestinians lifeless and over 135,000 wounded.
The Israeli navy says 5 of its troopers have been killed after Palestinian fighters detonated explosive units throughout an operation in northern Gaza’s Beit Hanoon space.
Israeli forces additionally killed a minimum of 54 Palestinians in daybreak raids on Tuesday, as stress mounted on Israel to strike a ceasefire cope with Hamas.
The Israeli navy stated the 5 troopers, aged between 20 and 28, “fell throughout fight within the northern Gaza Strip”, whereas 14 others sustained accidents – two of them “severely wounded”.
Reporting from Jordan’s capital Amman, Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh stated a “preliminary investigation” into the deaths of the troopers had been opened.
“What we perceive is that the Israeli troopers have been attacked, then the unit that attempted to come back to their rescue was additionally attacked, after which a 3rd group of troopers that attempted to extract them was additionally attacked,” she stated.
Since Israel launched its struggle on Gaza in October 2023, a minimum of 887 of its troopers have been killed.
Tuesday’s deaths got here two weeks after Israel reported certainly one of its deadliest days in months in Gaza, the place seven troopers have been killed after a bomb was connected to their armoured automobile.
Abu Obeida, the spokesperson for the Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, stated the most recent assault was “an extra blow … in an space the occupation thought was protected”, warning that the group would “inflict extra losses” on the Israeli navy “daily”.
‘Troublesome morning’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lamented a “troublesome morning” as he visited Washington, DC, for talks with United States President Donald Trump, as the 2 leaders mentioned the compelled relocation of Palestinians out of Gaza.
Final week, Trump had predicted Israeli and Hamas negotiators holding oblique ceasefire talks in Qatar may attain a deal this week.
The bloodshed in Gaza will increase the stress on Netanyahu to conform to the present US-backed proposals for a 60-day ceasefire to halt the 22-month offensive. Israeli polls have proven widespread assist for ending the struggle.
Opposition chief Yair Lapid wrote on X: “For the sake of the fighters, for the sake of their households, for the sake of the hostages, for the sake of the State of Israel: this struggle should be ended.”
Al Jazeera’s Odeh stated the opposition figures in Israel say troopers have been dying in Gaza “to not defend Israel, however to guard Netanyahu’s coalition authorities”.
‘Sleepless night time’ in Gaza
In the meantime, Israel continued its genocidal onslaught on Gaza, with medical sources telling Al Jazeera that a minimum of 54 Palestinians had been killed since daybreak on Tuesday.
“It was a sleepless night time right here in Gaza, marked by an intensification of air assaults and using a number of aerial automobiles, together with fighter jets, drones and helicopters to pummel residential areas and areas that had been designated as ‘protected zones’,” Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum reported from Deir el-Balah in central Gaza.
Not less than 9 Palestinians have been killed throughout an Israeli drone assault on a tent sheltering displaced Palestinians within the al-Mawasi space close to Gaza’s southern metropolis of Khan Younis.
In a separate daybreak assault, two individuals have been killed and others injured in Israeli air raids on the Hakr al-Jami space in Deir el-Balah, the Wafa information company reported, citing medical sources.
Israeli planes additionally bombed a college sheltering displaced Palestinians within the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, reportedly killing a minimum of 4 individuals.
The preventing has pushed the healthcare system in Gaza near a complete collapse. The Palestine Crimson Crescent on Tuesday stated the Zeitoun medical clinic in Gaza Metropolis had ceased operations after shelling within the surrounding space.
It stated the closure would power hundreds of civilians to stroll lengthy distances for medical care or youngsters’s vaccinations.
Al Jazeera’s Abu Azzoum stated Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in central Gaza issued a press release on Monday, saying it might run out of gasoline “inside the subsequent few hours” and calling on the worldwide group to place stress on Israel to permit deliveries.