The Israeli army announced, on Tuesday, that 24 officers and soldiers were killed during the past 24 hours in the battles in the Gaza Strip, including 21 soldiers from the reserve forces who were killed in the bombing of two buildings in the Maghazi camp in the center of the Strip, which was described as the most violent day of combat since the start of the ground invasion on October 27. First past.

Al-Quds correspondent Dot said: “Yesterday morning, reserve soldiers from the 261st Brigade, who carry out security duties in the fence area in the south of the Gaza Strip, went on a mission to blow up buildings in the buffer zone near the fence. The soldiers entered a distance of about 600 meters from the fence in the Al-Maghazi camp area.” They were asked to destroy 10 buildings using mines, accompanied by engineering teams.”

Our correspondent said, "At the end of the operation, militants fired two RPG missiles. The first was fired at a tank, causing two wounded. A second RPG missile was fired at one of the buildings that already contained explosive materials ready to be detonated."

He added, "Both buildings collapsed and the site turned into complete destruction. The forces began rescue operations and many forces were sent to the scene to begin and rescue the victims from under the rubble."

He added, "In the first hours, there were also missing people who were not found among the rubble. The rescue operations continued for very long hours until the night. During the past few hours, the process of rescuing the victims was completed, there were no longer any missing people, and the event ended."

Since October 7, 2,665 Israeli soldiers have been wounded, according to Israeli army data, and of these, 1,207 were injured in the ground operation in Gaza.