Army widens ground assault in north Gaza hours after PM leaves White House without hostage talks breakthrough; IDF chief says fighting will create 'conditions to advance a deal'

Despite those efforts to pave a safe path for the infantry, Hamas managed to place newly laid IEDs in the area where the IDF infantry would later pass through. The five IDF soldiers who were killed and the 14 soldiers who were wounded on Monday in Beit Hanun by Hamas were ambushed because the terrorist group managed to place improvised explosive devices (IED) there in between air force and artillery barrages,