Israel’s military says that eight soldiers have been killed in southern Gaza in the deadliest attack on Israeli forces in months. Only one of the dead troops was identified by the army. No further information was immediately available on Saturday.
JERUSALEM — Israel ’s military said Saturday that eight soldiers were killed in southern Gaza in the deadliest attack on Israel i forces in months.
The deaths will likely fuel calls for a cease-fire and heighten Israeli public anger over ultra-Orthodox exemptions from the military. Months of cease-fire negotiations have failed to find common ground between Israeli and Hamas. On Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that Hamas proposed changes to a U.S.-backed plan, some of which he said were “workable” and some not, without elaborating.
Last month, Israel’s Supreme Court ordered an end to government subsidies for many ultra-Orthodox men who don’t serve in the army. Their exception from military service has angered large swathes of Israeli society during Israel’s bombardment and ground offensives in Gaza have killed more than 37,000 Palestinians, according to Palestinian health officials, who don’t give the breakdown of civilians and fighters. The war has also driven about 80% of the population of 2.
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