Israel army says 5 soldiers killed in and around Gaza
The Israeli army said five of its soldiers have been killed
in and around the war-torn Gaza Strip on Monday.
The number included four soldiers killed by a mortar shell
in southern Israel
who media reports had initially identified as civilians.
"Over the course of the day, five IDF soldiers were
killed," a statement said, indicating that four of them "were killed
along the border of the Gaza Strip as a result of mortar fire".
Their deaths raised to 48 the total number of Israeli
soldiers killed since July 17 when troops began the ground phase of a major
military operation against
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