21 Israeli soldiers killed from building collapsing due to rocket fire by Hamas

The Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari announced that 21 soldiers were killed in an incident in central Gaza. This adds to three deaths announced yesterday, so 24 soldiers killed in the last 24 hours.

According to Hagari, the forces entered on Monday afternoon into two two-story buildings in Gaza, about 600 meters from the Israeli kibbutz Kissufim, and rigged it with mines in order to blow it up.

Then, the spokesperson said, Hamas fired RPG missiles towards a tank that was securing the forces, and simultaneously an explosion occurred in the buildings, and they collapsed onto the soldiers.

This is the highest daily death toll for Israeli troops since the start of the Gaza ground offensive in late October.