Five IDF soldiers killed and 14 injured after a roadside bomb exploded in northern Gaza's Beit Hanoun area, with troops coming under fire during evacuation efforts.

Despite those efforts to pave a safe path for the infantry, Hamas managed to place newly laid IEDs in the area where the IDF infantry would later pass through. The five IDF soldiers who were killed and the 14 soldiers who were wounded on Monday in Beit Hanun by Hamas were ambushed because the terrorist group managed to place improvised explosive devices (IED) there in between air force and artillery barrages,

The Israeli military said the soldiers were killed during combat in northern Gaza, but offered few other details. Five Israeli soldiers were killed and two others seriously wounded during combat in northern Gaza on Tuesday,