Three U.S. soldiers were killed in an attack in the Middle East to establish a military restricted area at Kerem Shalom Port.

This is the first time that US soldiers have been killed in a Middle East attack since the current round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict broke out in October last year. The Israeli military announced on the 28th that it would establish a closed military restricted areas at the KereM Shalom port between Israel and the Gaza Strip to prevent local people from continuing to block humanitarian relief supplies from entering Gaza.