Tel Aviv, Israel:
The Israeli army said on Saturday that five of its soldiers have been killed in fighting in the Gaza Strip since Friday as it battles Hamas rulers in the area.
Four soldiers were killed in southern Gaza on Friday, an army statement said, and a fifth on Saturday in the northern Palestinian territory, bringing to 144 the number of deaths in the Gaza Strip since the start of Israel's massive ground offensive in October . 27.
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