Israel 'paying heavy price' in Gaza ground attacks, defence minister says

Israel's Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said that Israel is deploying forces "on a large scale, deep in the Strip" on Tuesday.

"There are battles against the forces that are operating [in Gaza] and the results and achievements on the battlefield are very high. Unfortunately, in war, there are also prices, and the prices in the last day were heavy prices. Despite that, we are also determined to continue and win," he added.

Earlier today, the Israeli military announced that two soldiers were killed in Gaza and two were seriously wounded in the heavy bombing of the besieged enclave.