24 troops said to have died in Gaza in a single day – Israeli Defense Forces

The Israeli army says 24 of its soldiers died in Gaza on Monday – it was the worst day for Israeli forces since they started their ground operation.

Twenty-one part-time soldiers died in a big blast.

The main speaker for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Daniel Hagari, said that they believe a rocket-propelled grenade fired by Palestinian fighters hit a tank near two buildings where they were.

He said the buildings were likely blown up by mines that Israeli forces had put there to destroy them.

The IDF is still looking into what happened to find out more information.

The soldiers were killed in central Gaza near Kissufim kibbutz on the Israeli border at about 4:00 pm on Monday, Rear Admiral Hagari said.

He said they were working to help people from southern Israel go back to their homes safely after lots of people had to leave because of the Hamas attack on 7 October.

On Monday, Israel’s military said three officers were killed in a different attack in southern Gaza.

Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu said that Monday was a really hard day because a lot of people died since the war started.

“We will keep fighting until we win, for the sake of our lives and our heroes,” he wrote on X, a social media platform.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog said that he had a very hard time this morning when he found out how many people had died.

“I want to comfort the families and pray for the injured to get better,” he said, speaking for the whole country.

Israel started the war to get rid of Hamas because a lot of their fighters killed 1,300 people, mostly innocent people, and also took around 250 others as hostages in a very surprising and strong attack.

The IDF website says that 217 soldiers have died since Israel started its ground invasion on 27 October. This is part of a total of 545 people who have died since 7th October.

At least 25,295 people, mostly women and children, have been killed by the Israeli military in Gaza, according to the health ministry run by Hamas.