Israel said 21 of its soldiers were killed in Gaza on Monday, the most since the war against Hamas began in October.
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Israel said 21 of its soldiers were killed in Gaza on Monday, the worst single-day death toll for the military since the war against Hamas began in October.
At around 4 p.m. local time in central Gaza, militants fired on an Israeli tank and, at the same time, there were massive explosions at two nearby buildings, a spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces said on Tuesday.
“The buildings collapsed as a result of this explosion, while most of the soldiers were inside and around the buildings,” the spokesman said. “The buildings likely exploded from ordnance that our forces set up there to blow up the buildings and the terror infrastructure in the area.”
Israeli forces are advancing deeper into the southern and central parts of Gaza and fighting remains intense. Around 200 Israeli soldiers had been killed in Gaza before the latest incident, according to the military.
