Eight Israeli soldiers killed as fighting rages in Gaza

Eight Israeli soldiers were killed in a blast in southern Gaza on Saturday, the military said, in one of its heaviest losses of the war, as witnesses reported street battles between troops and Palestinian militants.

The military said the soldiers were killed when the Namer armored vehicle they were traveling in exploded near Gaza’s far-southern city of Rafah, where troops are engaged in fierce street battles.

“There was a very serious damage to the vehicle and those in it, and a large...