Israeli army says 2 soldiers killed in Gaza’s Rafah

By Abdelraouf Arnaout

JERUSALEM (AA) – Two Israeli soldiers were killed in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, the military said on Tuesday.

A military statement said the two soldiers, from the army’s Nahal Brigade's Combat Engineering Corps, were killed in the city, without providing any further details.

Israeli media said that an initial probe by the army found that the two soldiers lost their lives in a building collapse on Monday, in addition to two others injured.

The new fatalities brought the number of Israeli soldiers killed since the outbreak of the Gaza conflict last year to 819, according to military figures.

Israel has continued a genocidal war on the Gaza Strip that has killed over 45,000 victims, mostly women and children, since an attack by the Palestinian resistance group Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants last month for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on Gaza.

*Writing by Ahmed Asmar