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Fifteen Israeli soldiers killed in August

Fifteen Israeli soldiers have died in combat in August, according to Israel’s military, in one of its deadliest stretches of the 11-month war on the Gaza Strip.

The latest to be killed was Staff Sergeant Yochai Hai Glam, a member of the Jerusalem Brigade. He was killed by sniper fire in central Gaza on August 28, said the military.

His death brings the total number of Israeli soldiers killed since October 7 to 704, according to the military’s tally.


Death toll from Israel’s attack on Gaza City rises to eight

The Wafa news agency, citing its correspondent, said at least eight people, including a child, have been killed following the Israeli attack on the building near al-Amal Hotel.

Earlier, Palestinian civil defense crews said they had recovered the bodies of six people from the site and that three people had been wounded. The bombing caused a huge fire that trapped several people on the building’s second floor, they said.


Rockets from Gaza hit southern Israel: Report

The Times of Israel is reporting that the two rockets landed in open areas in the Kissufim community near the Gaza perimeter fence and caused no injuries.


Israel forces hit by mortars, rockets and IEDs on Netzarim Corridor: Monitors

Five Palestinian armed groups used mortars, rockets, improvised explosive devices (IEDS) and small arms in attacks on Wednesday against Israeli forces deployed on the Netzarim Corridor, south of Gaza City, war monitors report.

The Israeli-built road, which dissects the Gaza Strip from east to west, has become a focal point of attacks on Israeli forces by Palestinian fighters, and also a base from which Israel’s military launches “clearing operations” in surrounding areas.

Israeli forces claimed on Wednesday that they had destroyed a three-kilometre-long (1.8-mile) military tunnel used by Palestinian fighters in the vicinity of the corridor, US-based defence think tanks the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP) report.

In the centre of the territory, Israeli tanks and bulldozers appeared to be operating to the east of Deir el-Balah, the ISW-CTP report, while further south, Israeli forces came under rocket and mortar fire near the Rafah border crossing with Egypt.

Gaza’s death toll rises

Israeli military attacks in Gaza have killed 68 people and injured 77 in the last 24 hours, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. The casualties bring the enclave’s total death toll during the war to 40,602, with 93,855 injured.