The IDF announces that two soldiers were killed yesterday and an officer was wounded by an explosive device in the southern Gaza Strip yesterday.

The dead soldiers were:

1. Cpt. Amir Saad, 22, a Technology and Maintenance Corps officer from Yanuh-Jat.

Sgt. Inon Nuriel Vana, 20, a Technology and Maintenance Corps soldier from Kiryat Tiv'on.

Both soldiers served in the Golani Brigade's reconnaissance unit.

According to an initial IDF probe, the soldiers were inside a Namer armored personnel carrier that was hit by an explosive device in Khan Younis.