Updated || Two Israeli officers and two soldiers injured in the Shuja'iyya neighborhood east of Gaza City

Four Israeli soldiers were injured Wednesday evening in an operation carried out by a Palestinian resistance fighter in the Shuja'iyya neighborhood east of Gaza City, Israeli Army Radio reported Thursday morning.

According to the radio, the injured were taken to the hospital for treatment, with two of them in critical condition, while two other officers sustained moderate to minor injuries.

Israel's Channel 12 reported that the two seriously injured soldiers serve in the 202nd Battalion of the Paratroopers Brigade, while two other officers sustained moderate and minor injuries in the same clash.

The Israeli military estimated that Palestinian resistance fighters surprised the military force with combined fire, including anti-tank missiles and light weapons, while the force returned fire.

Last Monday, three soldiers from the 52nd Armored Battalion of the 401st Brigade were killed during a clash in the northern Gaza Strip. Initial assessments indicated that their tank was hit by an anti-tank missile.

However, Israeli military assessments the day after the incident suggested that the explosion inside the tank was not the result of an attack, but rather an "operational malfunction" that caused the ammunition inside to explode.