Israeli soldiers carry the flag-draped casket with body of their colleague who was killed in Israel’s ground operation in the Gaza Strip during a funeral at Mt. Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem. AP
The occupation army said the four were killed in southern Gaza, with Israeli media reporting they were in a house in the city of Khan Yunis when it exploded.
Their deaths bring the number of Israeli soldiers killed since the start of the ground offensive in Gaza to 429.
The army said another reserve officer was severely wounded in the same incident.
On Monday, three Israeli soldiers were killed in an explosion in the Jabaliya area, in northern Gaza.
Israel recently stepped up its genocidal war in Gaza in what it says is a renewed push, killing at least 4,335 Palestinians since it broke out the ceasfire on March 18, taking the war's overall tollin Gaza to 54,607, mostly women and children.
* This story was edited by Ahram Online.
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