Israel Killed 45 Hamas Militants In The Last 24 Hours

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JAKARTA - Israeli forces killed 45 Palestinian militant fighters in Gaza over the past day. In fighting with Hamas militants, Israel destroyed two armored personnel carriers in an ambush near the city of Rafah.

The Israeli military said Hamas officials in charge of smuggling operations were among those killed and dead significantly affected their ability to carry military weapons and equipment into the trapped enclave.

On Tuesday, August 6, airstrikes killed five Palestinians in the Al-Bureij camp, in the central Gaza Strip, medics said.

The other two were killed in separate airstrikes in Rafah, near Gaza's southern border with Egypt.

Hamas did not give the death toll of its fighters.

Hamas said its fighters destroyed two Israeli army carriers in Rafah.

Meanwhile, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said Israeli military attacks killed 30 Palestinians and injured 66 others in the past 24 hours.

Many victims are still under the rubble and on the road, which ambulance teams and civil emergency services cannot reach, the ministry said.