The Israeli army announced on Monday the killing of three additional soldiers, two of whom were killed in battles that broke out in northern Gaza yesterday.

Israeli Army Radio reported that 13 soldiers had been killed since Saturday; 8 of them were killed in Rafah, while two were killed in the northern Gaza Strip, while another was killed from wounds he had sustained, in addition to the last dead soldier.

It indicated that the army published additional names of soldiers killed in Rafah.

The death toll of Israeli soldiers and officers since October 7, 2023 has risen to 654, after the occupation army announced, yesterday evening, Saturday, that 8 soldiers were killed as a result of targeting and bombing a troop carrier in the city of Rafah.