The Israeli army said that four of its soldiers fell in combat in the northern Gaza Strip during a single incident in which one other soldier was severely wounded, AFP reports.

“During the incident in which Captain Yehonatan (Joni) Keren, Staff Sergeant Aviv Gilboa, Staff Sergeant Nisim Meytal and Staff Sergeant Naor Haimov fell, an officer in the Multidimensional Unit (888) was severely injured,” the army said in a statement, adding the wounded officer was evacuated to hospital.