Four IDF soldiers died on Friday in a building collapse caused by a powerful explosion in Bani Suheila, east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.

Five more soldiers were wounded in the incident: a reserve officer in Magellan commando unit seriously, and the rest moderately.

The IDF spokesman authorized for publication the names of two of the slain men: Sgt. Maj. (res.) Chen Gross, 33, of the Maglan unit, from Moshav Gan Yoshiya in the Hefer Valley, and Staff Sgt. Yoav Raver, 19, of the Yahalom engineering special forces unit, from Moshav Sde Warburg north of Kfar Saba.

The names of the other two soldiers killed will be released later. Their families were notified, the military said.

The serious explosion took place at 6:10 a.m., during a ground attack by forces of the 98th Paratro

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