Five Israeli defense forces soldiers are death and more than a dozen others are injured after a roadside bomb explodes in the Hanoun area of the northern Gaza Strip on Monday.
The dead come when the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington, DC, for meetings with President Donald Trump and other American government officials on a ceasefish -Fires with Hamas.
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Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel, speaks to members of the media after a meeting with the American house speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, not depicted in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on Tuesday 8 July 2025. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty images)
As they attempt to evacuate the wounded soldiers, IDF troops came under fire.
The deceased soldiers have been identified as: Staff Sgt. Meir Shimon Amar; Sgt. Moshe Nissim Frech; Sgt. 1st class (res.) Benyamin Asulin; Staff sgt. Noam Aharon Musgadian; and Staff Sgt. Moshe Shmuel Noll.
An IDF soldier in the Gaza area. (IDF)
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A total of 14 extra soldiers were injured in the explosion, including two with “serious” injuries.
The other 12 soldiers rose “to varying degrees of injuries” and were evacuated for hospitals for medical treatment.
Their families have been informed according to officials.
Israeli military vehicles are near the border of Israel-Gaza, in Israel on July 7, 2025. (Reuters/Amir Cohen)
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Also on Monday, Israel and Houthi rebels exchanged rocket fire in Yemen.
The first strikes of Israel were retribution for a suspected Houthi-explosive attack on a Liberian flagship in the Red Sea.
Although the Houthis reacted with their own rockets, Israel reported no deaths.
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