Israeli army confirms nine more soldiers killed in Gaza

The Israeli Army confirmed nine more of its soldiers were killed fighting in the Gaza Strip. The military released the names and other information of five soldiers who died. They all belonged to a combat engineering team. A sixth soldier was "seriously wounded" during fighting in central Gaza.

Earlier, the army released the names and photos of four other troops. Two were killed by a rocket-propelled grenade in southern Khan Younis, another was shot dead by Hamas fighters, and the fourth died in an explosion.

The Israeli army says it lost 514 soldiers since the start of the war in October, including 180 during its ground offensive on the besieged enclave.