The four were patrolling an area of destroyed buildings when several terrorists suddenly emerged from a tunnel shaft inside one of the structures and opened fire at close range.
Over the past week, Israeli forces uncovered extensive terror infrastructure including a weapons factory, tunnel shafts, rocket launching positions and command centers among and beneath the residences.
Israeli forces continued their operations in Gaza City's Zeitoun district, eliminating Hamas terror squads, seizing weapons and destroying tunnel shafts, the Israel Defense Forces said on Thursday morning.
Soldiers operating in the Jenin refugee camp discovered tunnel shafts booby-trapped with explosives. Three wanted Palestinians were arrested and troops seized illegal weapons.
In the last two months, soldiers from the 55th Brigade have dismantled 70 tunnel shafts, the Israel Defense Forces disclosed as the brigade was withdrawn from Gaza on Thursday.
Israeli security forces uncovered a tunnel shaft rigged with explosive charges in the Jenin refugee camp as 19 Palestinians were arrested in counterterror operations in Judea and Samaria on Sunday night.
The IDF targeted terrorist cells carrying RPGs near the troops, those launching anti-tank missiles, and terror operatives who had rigged compounds with explosives. Ready-to-launch rockets, military compounds, shafts, and numerous weapons were located during the activity.
The facilities, located along the Salah al-Din Road, consist of weapons factories above and below ground, where rockets, weapons and ammunition were produced. The sites were connected by dozens of tunnel shafts.
Israeli soldiers completed operations in northern Gaza's "Towers Neighbourhood," destroying a chemical laboratory for weapons production, tunnel shafts and anti-tank firing positions, the Israel Defence Forces said on Friday.