The Israeli army announced the death of two soldiers in Gaza, killed the day before in the accidental explosion of an Israeli drone which had crashed near an outpost.
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The war in Gaza began in response to Hamas attacks on Israeli soil on October 7, 2023.
The Israeli army announced on Friday the death of two of its soldiers the day before in Gaza, a military official specifying that they had been killed in the accidental explosion of an Israeli drone.
The two soldiers were injured when an Israeli drone that crashed near a military outpost in the Gaza Strip "exploded" and they were pronounced dead in hospital, the army official said on condition of anonymity.
Two soldiers “approached the device, which exploded shortly after,” he added, specifying that the two soldiers had been transported to hospital where they were pronounced dead.
The army identified the two soldiers as Nadav Kali, 24, and Ofek Moalem, 23. This brings to 970 the number of Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza since the start of the war launched in response to Hamas attacks on Israeli soil on October 7, 2023 which left more than 1,200 dead.

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