Israeli officer killed, others wounded in Khan Younis explosion

Al Mayadeen

15-07-2025

At least one Israeli occupation soldier was killed and several others wounded on Thursday evening in a building explosion that targeted Israeli forces in the city of Khan Younis, southern Gaza, according to Palestinian sources and Israeli media reports.
The blast, which occurred as occupation troops were operating in the area, triggered intense confrontations between Palestinian Resistance fighters and Israeli forces around the booby-trapped building.
Israeli media described the event as a "serious incident", with some outlets characterizing the updates from the scene as 'harsh and difficult.' Reports confirmed that a military helicopter was dispatched to evacuate the wounded from the blast site.
The number of injured remains unconfirmed, but sources indicate multiple casualties among the Israeli occupation forces.
On Friday morning, the Israeli military command confirmed the death of an officer, a commander serving as a team leader in the elite 1st Golani Brigade's Patrol Battalion, during intense confrontations in the southern Gaza Strip.
Overnight, another "serious event" occurred in Gaza; however, details also remain undisclosed. Israeli media said that wounded soldiers were transferred to the Rabin Medical Center in central occupied Palestine.
Meanwhile, the Israeli Army Radio reported that the number of Israeli soldiers killed since the start of the war on Gaza has risen to 890. 448 of the total have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the start of the ground operation, including 40 in combat since the resumption of the aggression following the last ceasefire in March.
The al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas movement, announced on Tuesday that it had targeted two Israeli Merkava tanks with Yasin 105 and Tandem charges in the central Khan Younis area in southern Gaza.
The brigades also shelled a gathering of enemy soldiers and military vehicles with heavy and medium mortar shells in the al-Baddaw area north of Khan Younis, as part of their ongoing operations to repel Israeli incursions.
Meanwhile, al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad movement, declared on Monday that it had destroyed an Israeli military vehicle using a pre-planted anti-armor explosive device. The attack occurred during an incursion by occupation forces in the eastern part of the al-Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza City.