The Israeli army reported Tuesday that 24 of its soldiers died in Gaza on Monday. the deadliest day for your forces since the ground operation against Hamas began.
Monday’s casualties include 21 reservists died in an explosion probably caused by mines that Israeli forces had placed in two buildings to demolish them, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said.
It is believed that a missile launched by armed fighters The Palestinians hit a tank near the buildings.
The IDF they are investigating what happened.
Its main spokesman, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, said the reservists were killed in central Gaza around 4pm (11am in Argentina) on Monday, near Kibbutz Kissufim on the Israeli side of the border.
He said they were involved an operation to allow the return of residents of southern Israel safely in their homes after tens of thousands of people were evacuated following the Hamas attack on October 7.
The Israeli army had already confirmed on Monday that three officers had been killed in another attack in southern Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described Monday’s deaths as: “one of the most difficult days since the outbreak of the war.”
“In the name of our heroes, for the sake of our lives, we will not stop fighting until absolute victory,” he wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog said it had been an “unbearably difficult morning” to learn the extent of the death toll.
“On behalf of the entire nation, I comfort the families and pray for the recovery of the wounded,” he said.
Israel launched the war with the stated aim of destroying Hamas after waves of gunmen killed 1,300 people – mostly civilians – and took 250 others hostage in an unprecedented attack.
Source: Clarin
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