According to Israeli media, the Israeli occupation forces have confirmed that nine occupation soldiers were killed in confrontations with Palestinian Resistance fighters north of the Gaza Strip. 

The occupation's media added further reported that the nine soldiers were from the Givati Brigade, and were hit by an anti-armor rocket. With this attack, the number of Israeli soldiers killed since October 7 has risen to 326.

Israeli Security Minister Yoav Gallant had said on Tuesday that  "Israel" paid "heavy prices" in the last day, as the Israeli occupation military pursues a wide-scale invasion of the Gaza Strip as confrontations concentrate across the northern and northeastern parts of the Strip.

"We are deploying forces on a large scale, deep in the Strip," Gallant told troops of the Israeli occupation Air Force’s elite Shaldag and 669 units.

"Unfortunately, in war, there are also prices, and the prices on the last day were heavy prices," he indicated.

The Israeli occupation military had admitted that only two sergeants were killed during confrontations in the northern Gaza Strip while two others were injured.

Earlier, the spokesperson for Al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Obeida, emphasized that Palestinian Resistance fighters "engaged in fierce confrontations on every point of contact" with the Israeli occupation forces.