Egypt Daily News - On Saturday, the Israeli army confirmed that 8 of its soldiers were killed in an explosion that occurred in the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

Israeli army spokesman Avichai Adraee, in a tweet on the “X” platform, did not address the details of the incident, but the military wing of the Hamas movement said earlier that it killed and wounded a number of Israeli soldiers in an ambush of an armored personnel carrier in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

The Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported that 8 soldiers were killed in a "serious accident" after their armored vehicle hit an explosive device near the Tel Sultan refugee camp.

The newspaper continued: "The disaster occurred around five o'clock in the morning. The Israeli force had finished its activity and was on its way back on board an armored vehicle, when the big explosion occurred, causing fires to ignite." The Israeli army has notified the families of the victims, whose names have not yet been revealed.

“The Israeli army launched drones into the sky, shortly after the incident, to try to determine the location of the perpetrators, but it was not determined.”

The number of Israeli army deaths continues to rise since the beginning of the war on October 7. Sources say that the number exceeded 600, in addition to thousands of injured people.

An Israeli report revealed, on Friday, that the country's senior security officials estimate that the military operation in Rafah will end after a few days.

According to the report, published by the Israeli radio, security officials estimate that the operation in Rafah will end within two weeks after the evacuation of the entire civilian population.