Four Israeli soldiers were killed and several more were hurt when militants blew up a tower in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, according to the Jewish defense, on Tuesday.
Some of the men were in critical condition after the invasion on Monday, according to the military. Kan, Israel’s open journalist, said that five men had been hospitalized, and that two were in intensive care.
The Qassam Brigades, Hamas ‘ defense wing, said in a statement that it had deadly- trapped the tower where the men were operating. It claimed that “our soldiers were able to blow up a home where Zionist causes had fortified themselves inside.”
According to Kan, the obvious invasion targeted an Israeli surveillance system that was scouting what the men believed to be a three-story building’s hole wheel. Israeli causes in Gaza have been focusing on destroying tunnels used by Hamas militants.
According to the militant group and the Jewish defense, Hamas forces launched mortar fire as Israeli causes attempted to remove the dead and wounded after the explosives were detonated.
Fighting has raged on and off in Rafah since early May, when Israeli troops moved in to the southern city despite fierce criticism from the worldwide community. More than half the people of Gaza had been residing in Rafah for months. People that were told to take shelter from fighting elsewhere in the country by Israeli forces.
Since Israel announced new military activities in Rafah last week, some displaced Palestinians have fled to northern Gaza, which has resulted in conflicts and large assault. On Saturday, more than 200 residents of Gaza were killed, according to health authorities, in the central city of Nuseirat during an Israeli military operation that freed four Israeli hostages.
In the eight months since Israel launched its offensive in Gaza in retaliation for the Hamas- led Oct. 7 attacks, a total of 298 of its soldiers have been killed, according to the Israeli military. Residents of Gaza have been hit many times higher by the death toll, according to local health authorities, who claim more than 36, 000 people have been killed, a figure that does not distinguish between combatants and civilians.
