The Israeli army announced on Friday that an officer and a soldier were killed and eight others were wounded in an ambush by the Al-Qassam Brigades in the southern Gaza Strip yesterday.

Israeli media also reported that 5 Israeli soldiers were transferred to Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, and the injuries of two of them were described as serious.

Israeli Army Radio announced that two soldiers were seriously injured by an anti-tank missile in Rafah.

The Israeli army also announced that two reserve soldiers were killed in a mortar attack carried out by the Al-Qassam Brigades near the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City yesterday, Thursday.

Earlier, the Israeli army announced that 6 soldiers were injured during the past 24 hours in the Gaza battles.

The Israeli army announced the day before yesterday, Wednesday, that the number of its dead since the beginning of the war had reached 662 officers and soldiers, while the number of wounded had reached 3,866 soldiers since the beginning of the war, including 582 seriously injured, and 239 soldiers were still undergoing treatment after being injured in the Gaza battles.