Maj. Yaniv Kula and St. -Sgt. Itay Yavetz fell in the southern Gaza Strip, and a third soldier was injured in the same incident.

Hamas breaches the Gaza ceasefire, ambushing an IDF tank in Rafah and killing two Israeli soldiers, just days after President Trump signed the ceasefire deal. The attack undermines U.S. warnings and exposes the fragility of the agreement,

Mustafa Barghouti, Palestinian politician and Leader of the Palestinian National Initiative, said in an X post on October 18: “Netanyahu continues the violations of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza and refuses to allow the opening of Rafah Crossing to Gaza.”

Palestinians and aid workers are eagerly awaiting the reopening of the Rafah border crossing, which is the Gaza Strip’s lifeline for food and other aid and its only gateway to the outside world that wasn’t controlled by Israel before the war.

"Its reopening will be considered based on how Hamas fulfills its part in returning the hostages’ remains and implementing the agreed-upon framework," the Prime Minister's Office explained. Gaza's Rafah border crossing with Egypt will not be reopened on Monday,

In response to the attack, the Israeli Air Force and ground troops immediately carried out strikes in the area and later on a wave of airstrikes

Israel Defense Forces launched a strong response to an earlier Hamas attack that violated the ceasefire on Sunday, killing two Israeli soldiers and wounding three others

Israel carried out airstrikes in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Hamas fired an anti-tank missile and gunfire at troops dismantling infrastructure in Rafah under the terms of the ceasefire.

The Israeli military confirmed on Sunday that it conducted air strikes in Gaza’s Rafah area after Hamas militants fired on its troops.

Israeli media have reported that the IDF has launched multiple attacks in the southern Gazan city of Rafah after reports of armed skirmishes between Hamas fighters and Israeli soldiers.View on euronew