The Israel Defense Forces said on the 19th that an attack occurred in the Rafah area of southern Gaza that morning, killing two Israeli soldiers and injuring three others.
The Israeli military said the incident took place in southeastern Rafah near the Sarajevo Highway area, which is under Israeli control under the ceasefire agreement. Preliminary investigations showed that a Palestinian armed group appeared from the ground and used rocket bombs to attack an operating excavator, killing two soldiers; another excavator was then shot and wounded, one of whom was seriously injured.
After the incident, the Israeli Air Force and ground forces immediately launched a counterattack and launched multiple rounds of air strikes in southern Gaza to attack the tunnel system and infrastructure of Hamas armed forces. (Headquarters reporter Yu Peng)