2 Israeli soldiers killed by Hamas in Gaza

2 Israeli soldiers met their end in a Hamas attack in northern Gaza. According to foreign media, Israeli media say that an Israeli tank was also destroyed in the Hamas rocket attack. Israeli soldiers killed in the Hamas attack include Sergeant Mateo Yaakov Perl and Sergeant Kenau Kassa. On January 6, 2 Israeli soldiers were killed and 4 wounded in northern Gaza. Israeli media say that the number of soldiers killed in ground operations against Hamas in Gaza and border operations along the Strip has reached 400. Previously, US Secretary of State Anthony Blanken said that the Gaza ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas is very close, which will allow the release of Israeli prisoners in Gaza. During a press conference with his French counterpart Jean-Noel Birot in Paris, he said that in the Middle East we are very close to an agreement regarding the ceasefire and the hostages. According to Al Jazeera's report, he said that indirect negotiations between Israel and the Hamas movement are taking place in Qatar for the Gaza ceasefire. The Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that the Gaza ceasefire talks are continuing at the technical level and delegations are meeting continuously in Cairo and Doha. Later, Israel made fresh accusations against Hamas regarding the failure of Palestine to reach a cease-fire agreement in the Gaza Strip. Palestinian children martyred in Israeli drone attack It should be remembered that a senior official of the Israeli Foreign Ministry blamed Hamas for the failure of the ceasefire. The Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Edin Bar Tal, said that the only way to reach an agreement is to put pressure on the Hamas movement.