TEL AVIV, November 21. /TASS/. The Israeli army lost two more servicemen in the fighting with the radical Palestinian movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the army press service reported.

The servicemen were killed in northern Gaza. Since October 27, when the ground operation in Gaza began, 68 Israeli servicemen have been killed in fighting with Hamas. The army's total losses since the militant attack on October 7 have exceeded 380.

Tensions flared up again in the Middle East on October 7 when Hamas militants staged a surprise attack on Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip, killing residents of Israeli border settlements and taking hostages, including women, children and the elderly. Hamas described its attack as a response to the aggressive actions of Israeli authorities against the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City. Israel has announced a total blockade of the Gaza Strip and has been delivering air strikes on Gaza as well as some parts of Lebanon and Syria. Clashes are also underway in the West Bank.