JERUSALEM: Israel military He said 3 soldiers were killed fight inside southern Gaza On Wednesday, as he continued his work. attacker In Rafah.
The army said three more soldiers were seriously injured in the same incident but did not provide further details. Israel’s public broadcaster Kan radio said that they were injured by the impact of an explosive thrown into a building in Rafah.
Israeli forces continued their offensive in Rafah, defying the International Court of Justice’s order, aiming to root out the last large intact formations of Hamas fighters and rescue hostages.
International unrest over Israel’s three-week-long offensive on Rafah turned to anger after an air strike on Sunday killed at least 45 people in a tent camp in the city’s western district, killing at least 45 people.
Israel said it targeted two senior Hamas officials and did not intend to cause civilian casualties. “Unfortunately, something went tragically wrong,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
The Israeli military said it was investigating the possibility that ammunition stored near the compound targeted by Sunday’s airstrike may have caught fire.
Before launching its offensive in early May, Israel told nearly a million Palestinian civilians displaced by the nearly eight-month war to evacuate Rafah. That’s how many people have since fled the city, according to UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees.
On Tuesday, Israel’s closest ally, the United States, reiterated Israel’s opposition to a major ground attack on Rafah but said it did not believe such an operation was underway.