During the battle, two soldiers, Sgt. First Class (res.) Ben Zussman and Sgt. Binyamin

The IDF says "fierce battles" are taking place between troops and Hamas operatives in the Gaza Strip in the last few hours.

It also publishes footage of troops of the Combat Engineering Corps' 601st Battalion battling Hamas operatives who opened fire at them from a building yesterday.

During the battle, two soldiers, Sgt. First Class (res.) Ben Zussman and Sgt. Binyamin Yehoshua Needham, were killed and two other soldiers were wounded.

The IDF says the troops killed the Hamas gunmen in the incident.