The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas movement, announced on Tuesday that it had destroyed an Israeli armored personnel carrier using a Shawaz explosive device in the middle of the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.

Al-Qassam fighters also engaged in clashes with an Israeli ground force west of the Jabalia camp, killing three soldiers at point-blank range. Helicopters were reportedly seen evacuating the dead and injured soldiers.

Furthermore, Al-Qassam detonated a booby-trapped house, targeting an Israeli force of 11 soldiers, leaving them dead and wounded in the middle of Jabalia refugee camp, northern Gaza.

Meanwhile, the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad movement, shelled an Israeli command and control center at the Abu Ariban site in the Netzarim axis with mortar shells.

The Al-Quds Brigades also fired 60mm mortar shells at gatherings of Israeli soldiers and military vehicles positioned around Al-Attar Mosque, southwest of Rafah city.

For its part, a spokesperson for the Israeli military announced on Tuesday the death of a commander and a soldier, and the injury of two others during a battle in southern Gaza.

Regarding the details of the incident in which the soldiers were killed and injured, "Israel's" Army Radio reported that on Monday evening, "a building collapsed during a mission carried out by the 931st Battalion in Shaboura Camp. The army is still investigating the reasons behind the collapse of the old building," noting that "the army had previously operated in the building."

According to Army Radio, there were four soldiers inside the collapsed building. Two of them were rescued quickly and airlifted by helicopter, which landed inside Gaza at the Philadelphi Axis. However, two soldiers were killed under the rubble, and the effort to recover their bodies lasted 12 hours.

سرايا القدس تعرض مشاهد من الاستحكام المدفعي على جنود وآليات الاحتلال الإسرائيلي المتوغلين في حي الجنينة شرق مدينة رفح#الميادين #طوفان_الأقصى pic.twitter.com/GuPl5GkVAk

— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) December 17, 2024

Read more: 'Israel' admits 2 soldiers killed, 2 injured in Rafah, southern Gaza