The Israeli army reported on Tuesday that 24 troops had died in Gaza the previous day, the highest number of deaths in a single day since the combat campaign began on October 27. According to military spokesman Daniel Hagari, 21 troops lost their lives when a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) explosion struck a tank close to two buildings where they were conducting an operation. The remark was shown on television. According to him, the attack happened on Monday at approximately 4 p.m. (1400 GMT), and the victims were all reservists. Hagari claimed that two adjacent two-story buildings exploded after an RPG was fired at a tank guarding the soldiers. “The majority of the force was inside and near it, but the buildings collapsed as a result of this explosion,” he said.