(JNS.org) Four Israelis soldiers were killed and several other people were wounded on Monday when a Hamas mortar struck the Eshkol Regional Council in southern Israel, near the Gaza border. Another Israeli soldier was killed in Gaza, bringing the Israel Defense Forces death toll for the current conflict to 48.

According to Israeli emergency services, 10 people were injured, and medical teams evacuated most of the injured individuals to Soroka University Medical Center in Beersheba.