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Five Israeli soldiers have been killed and three seriously injured in an incident in northern Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Thursday after an information embargo was lifted. According to Israeli media reports, the soldiers were killed by friendly fire from Israeli tanks during battles against militants on Wednesday. The tanks reportedly fired on a building in the refugee camp of Jabalia where the soldiers were staying. Those operating the tanks had mistaken the soldiers for armed Palestinians, it said. According to the Jerusalem Post, the armoured vehicles had been under heavy …

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