IDF says it fired at ‘individual suspects who advanced towards troops’ during incident at aid point in southern Gaza Strip

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Israel’s military has announced overnight that three soldiers have been killed in combat in the north of the Gaza Strip.

The Times of Israel reports that according to an initial IDF probe, the five troops were in a vehicle in Jabaliya when it was struck by an explosive device. Two other troops were wounded in the incident. 423 Israeli soldiers have been killed in combat inside Gaza since Israel began its ground operation there following the surprise 7 October Hamas attack inside southern Israel.