في تطور لافت للأحداث في غزة، أعلن الجيش الإسرائيلي، مساء الأربعاء، عن مقتل ثلاثة من جنوده في القتال الدائر في قطاع غزة، في حين أكد نتنياهو أن الغارات مستمرة لحين ردم جميع الأنفاق.
وقالت متحدثة باسم الجيش "قتل ثلاثة جنود اليوم داخل قطاع غزة"، وبهذا يرتفع عدد الجنود الذين قتلوا منذ بدء العملية العسكرية ضد قطاع غزة في 8 من يوليو الماضي إلى 56 جنديا.

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The IDF named the three: Staff Sergeant Matan Gotlib, a 21-year-old from Rishon LeZion, and Staff Sergeant Omer Hay, a 21-year-old from Savyon, and Staff Sergeant Guy Algranati, a 20-year-old from Tel Aviv.

Gotlib's funeral will take place Thursday at 6 pm in the military cemetary in Rishon LeZion. Omer Hay's funeral will begin at 5 pm in the military section at the Savyon cemetary. The date for Guy Algramati's funeral has not been set.

Fallen soldier Matan Gotlib, 21-year-old from Rishon LeZion
Fallen soldier Matan Gotlib, 21-year-old from Rishon LeZion

The Maglan unit soldiers were killed by an explosion in a tunnel that was uncovered in a house in the southern Gaza Strip. The IDF said, "the house and the tunnel were booby trapped with two explosive devices."

Fallen soldier Omer Hay, 21-year-old from Savyon
Fallen soldier Omer Hay, 21-year-old from Savyon

During the past day, 27 soldiers were wounded during operations in the Strip.

Fallen soldier Guy Algranati, 20-year-old from Tel Aviv
Fallen soldier Guy Algranati, 20-year-old from Tel Aviv

Since the beginning of Operation Protective Edge, 56 officers, NCOs, and soldiers have died.
 mortar fire on their staging position outside Gaza. And one