Umuvugizi mukuru w’ingabo z’igihugu cya Isiraheli (IDF), Daniel Hagari, yavuze ko bikekwa ko grenade ikoreshwa na roketi yagonze tank hafi y’inyubako ebyiri barimo.
Yavuze ko inyubako zaturikiye wenda biturutse ku birombe ingabo za Isiraheli zashyizeyo kugira ngo zisenye.
IDF ivuga ko ikomeje iperereza ku makuru arambuye.
Bwana Hagari yavuze ko ibyabereye mu mujyi wa Gaza rwagati, hafi ya kibbutz ya Kissufim ku rubibe rwa Isiraheli, ku wa mbere ahagana mu ma saa 16h00 (14h00 GMT).
Yavuze ko abo basirikare bose bari abigometse ku butegetsi, bagize uruhare mu gikorwa cyo kwemerera abaturage bo mu majyepfo ya Isiraheli gusubira mu ngo zabo amahoro nyuma y’ibihumbi icumi bimuwe nyuma y’igitero cya Hamas ku ya 7 Ukwakira.
Perezida wa Isiraheli, Isaac Herzog, yanditse kuri X, ahahoze ari Twitter, avuga ko byari “igitondo kitoroshye kwihanganira” kumenya umubare w’abantu bapfuye.
Ati: “Mu izina ry’igihugu cyose, mpumuriza imiryango kandi nsengera gukira inkomere”.
Isiraheli yatangije intambara ifite intego yo gusenya Hamas nyuma y’uko umuraba w’abantu bitwaje imbunda wica abantu 1300 – abenshi bakaba ari abasivili – maze bafata bugwate abandi bagera kuri 240 muri icyo gitero kitigeze kibaho.
Minisiteri y’ubuzima iyobowe na Hamas ivuga ko kuva icyo gihe byibuze abantu 25.295 – cyane cyane abagore n’abana – bishwe mu gikorwa cya gisirikare cya Isiraheli muri Gaza.
