The Israeli military has said that two soldiers have been killed in the south of the Gaza Strip, AFP reports.

Major Moshiko Maxim Rozenwald, 35, a reservist and combat engineer, and another unnamed soldier were killed in an “incident”, the military said in a statement without providing further details.

According to Israeli military radio, the two soldiers were killed when an old building collapsed.

The building was not struck by enemy fire but was in a fragile condition before its collapse, military radio reported.