Eight Israeli soldiers have been killed inside Gaza, the Israeli military has confirmed.
The military personnel were killed in a blast in the southern city of Rafah on Saturday morning.
It comes amid Israel's ongoing offensive there and its operation to rescue the remaining hostages taken by Hamas militants on 7 October.
The conflict has resulted in more than 37,000 Palestinians being killed since it started, according to the Hamas-run health authorities in Gaza.
Saturday's is the deadliest incident for Israeli soldiers since January when 21 were killed when two buildings collapsed in central Gaza.
The eight dead are believed to have been driving in a convoy following an overnight offensive against Hamas and died inside an armoured vehicle, according to The Times Of Israel.
One has been named as Captain Wassem Mahmoud, 23, of the Combat Engineering Corps' 601st Battalion. The families of the other seven have been informed and will be named in due course.
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