MOSCOW, July 26 (RIA Novosti) – Two Israeli soldiers have been killed in Gaza fighting Friday, and eight Palestinians have died in an Israeli airstrike on the southern Gaza town Khan Yunis, Agence France-Presse reports.
«Yesterday evening two Israel Defense Forces soldiers were killed in combat in the Gaza Strip," an army statement said.
The total number of Israel’s military deaths since the start of ground operation has reached 37.
Eight Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike, four of them children, the agency said citing emergency services. Another 20 people were wounded. The overall death toll among Palestinians has hit 879.
The reports on casualties on both sides come as Israel and Palestine are due to start observing a 12-hour long humanitarian ceasefire later on Saturday.
