2024-02-14 21:22:44
Israeli authorities described the incident as the deadliest for their troops in the three months of the armed conflict.
In the midst of the war between Israel and Hamas, The Army reported that an attack killed 21 of its Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip in Palestine.
The incident this Monday was described as the deadliest incident for Israeli troops in the three months that the armed conflict has been going on.
According to the BBC, all 21 reservists died due to the explosion of mines that Israel’s own forces had installed to demolish two buildings.
Specifically, the tragedy occurred in the center of the Strip, near the border community of Kissufim, a place where the Israeli troops destroyed structures of the Hamas terrorist group.
The objective of this was create a security perimeter that “would allow residents of Israeli border communities to return to their homes.”
“One of the most difficult days since the war broke out”
According to Daniel Hagari, spokesman for the Israeli Army, “as far as we know, around four in the afternoon The terrorists fired an RPG at a tank that was protecting the forces (who were installing the mines) and at the same time an explosion occurred in two two-story buildings.”
Meanwhile, Isaac Herzog, president of Israel, stated that it had been an “unbearably difficult morning. On behalf of the entire nation, “I comfort the families and pray for the healing of the injured.”.
For his part, Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, wrote in his account that the deaths recorded made the day one “one of the most difficult days since the war broke out.”
“In the name of our heroes, for the sake of our lives, We will not stop fighting until absolute victory”, he expressed.