The Israeli occupation army announced, this Tuesday morning, the killing of 4 of its soldiers in battles in the northern Gaza Strip.

According to an Israeli military spokesman, the soldiers were killed when an anti-tank shell was fired at a house where they were holed up.

This brings the death toll to 5 since yesterday evening, after an officer was announced killed in a similar attack.

The four dead were from the Samson Battalion in the Kfir Brigade.