Hamas…Israel Conflict Day 109….Israel loses 21 soldiers in a single explosive blast….

In all….

24 Israeli solders died in a single day…..

Isreali troops are engaged in heavy fighting with entrapped Hamas fighters the Gaza city of Khan Younis…

Other Israeli troops continue to leave North Gaza…

The US and UK continue to bomb Hounti locations….

Here’s what we know:

The soldiers had been planting explosives as part of a plan to demolish Palestinian neighborhoods close to the border, according to several Israeli officials and an officer.

• The Israeli military says 21 soldiers were killed in a single explosion.

• Israel says a buffer zone would protect its people; critics say the policy could be a war crime.

• More than half a million people in Gaza face ‘catastrophic hunger,’ the United Nations says.

• Israeli forces have encircled the city of Khan Younis, the military says.

• Fighting in Gaza killed six people who took shelter at a U.N. facility, an aid official says.

• The U.S. and Britain again strike Houthi sites in Yemen….

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