Israel-Hamas battle has been occurring since October 7 (File)
The Israeli army stated eight troopers have been killed in southern Gaza Saturday “in operational exercise” whereas they have been in an armoured automobile, in one of many deadliest incidents for the reason that battle broke out on October 7.
Israeli media reported the troops died within the metropolis of Rafah when their armoured automobile exploded.
The army stated in a press release that Captain Wassem Mahmud, 23, and 7 different troopers “fell throughout operational exercise in southern Gaza”.
“Their households have been notified,” the assertion added.
The army confirmed to AFP that the incident occurred inside a Namer armoured automobile.
The most recent fatalities take the army’s toll to 306 within the Gaza army marketing campaign since Israel started its floor offensive within the Palestinian territory on October 27.
The battle between Israel and Palestinian operatives led by Hamas started when fighters of the Islamist group that guidelines Gaza carried out an unprecedented assault on Israel on October 7.
That assault resulted within the deaths of 1,194 individuals in Israel, largely civilians, in response to an AFP tally based mostly on official Israeli figures.
Israel’s retaliatory army offensive has killed a minimum of 37,296 individuals, additionally largely civilians, in response to the territory’s well being ministry.
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