At least 21 soldiers died Monday afternoon after two buildings containing explosives collapsed on them in the center of the city. Gaza StripThis is the deadliest incident for Israeli troops since the ground offensive in the enclave began on October 27.
“As far as we know, at around four o'clock in the afternoon, the terrorists fired a rocket-propelled grenade at a tank protecting the armed forces and at the same time an explosion occurred. Explosion in two two-story buildings“, army spokesman Daniel Hagari announced this Tuesday, confirming to the Hebrew media that an investigation was being carried out to determine whether the explosion was due to mines planted by the troops themselves.
The incident occurred in Center of the Strip, near the border community of Kissufimwhere the army announced that troops would destroy Hamas Islamist structures to create a security perimeter that would “allow residents of Israeli border communities to return to their homes.”