Israel: 21 Soldiers Killed in Gaza

Agencies – Sudan Events 

The Israeli army has said that 21 soldiers were killed in Gaza in the deadliest attack on its forces of the three-month-old war.
The reservists were preparing explosives to demolish two buildings in central Gaza on Monday when a Hamas fighter fired a rocket-propelled grenade at a tank nearby, Daniel Hagari, the chief military spokesperson, said.
The blast triggered the explosives, causing both two-story buildings to collapse on the soldiers inside.
The heavy death toll could add new momentum to calls for Israel to pause the offensive or even halt it altogether. Large numbers of Israeli casualties have put pressure on Israel’s government to halt its previous wars.
Israel’s brutal war on Gaza — now in its 109th day — has killed at least 25,295 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and wounded 63,000, local authorities say as Netanyahu’s opposition to sovereign Palestine frustrates his Western allies.