The Israeli occupation army announced on Thursday that eight of its soldiers were injured in an explosion in the Shuja’iyya neighbourhood, east of Gaza City.
In an official statement, the army confirmed that eight soldiers sustained injuries — two of moderate severity and six with light wounds — as a result of what it called an “operational incident” in northern Gaza.
The wounded soldiers were transferred to the hospital for treatment, and their families were notified. Although the army attempted to downplay the cause, evidence strongly points to a resistance operation as the source of the explosion.
The term “operational incident” is commonly used by the Israeli army to describe non-combat-related events that occur during military missions or field operations, often as a means to obscure the role of armed resistance.
According to the Hebrew news site Hadshot Bzman, the blast was caused by explosives detonated inside a building in Shuja’iyya, leading to a full structural collapse that buried the soldiers beneath the rubble. The report noted that some of the injuries may be critical.
As of Thursday evening, a total of 895 Israeli soldiers have been killed and 6,134 wounded since the beginning of the war on Gaza, based on official army figures — though Israeli authorities continue to face internal accusations of concealing the true scale of losses.
The Israeli occupation maintains tight media censorship over its military casualties in Gaza, suppressing full disclosure and leaving analysts to predict that actual death and injury tolls are likely higher than reported.
