2 more Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza fighting, military says

Another two Israeli soldiers were killed in clashes with Palestinian fighters in the Gaza Strip, the army said on Sunday.

A military statement said a soldier lost his life in the central Gaza Strip, while the other was killed in Gaza's north.

According to military figures, at least 506 soldiers have been killed since the outbreak of the Gaza conflict on Oct. 7.

Israel has pounded the Gaza Strip since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas, killing at least 21,822 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injuring 56,451 others, according to health authorities in the enclave.

Around 1,200 Israelis are believed to have been killed in the Hamas attack.

The Israeli onslaught has left Gaza in ruins, with half of the coastal territory's housing damaged or destroyed and nearly 2 million people displaced within the densely populated enclave amid shortages of food and clean water.