Two Israeli soldiers have been killed by Hamas militants who entered the Jewish state through a tunnel from Gaza.
It came as both sides clashed on the Gaza border, with reports of some heavy fighting inside Israeli territory.
An army statement said the two dead, Sergeant Adar Bersano, 20, and Major Amotz Greenberg, 45, died fighting militants who infiltrated Israel's border through a tunnel from the centre of the Gaza Strip.
The army had earlier said the pair had been wounded in a clash with Hamas, who had been "aiming to carry out a lethal attack in one of the nearby communities".
Israeli airstrikes in Gaza have continued into a 12th day It claimed the militants had fired machineguns and an anti-tank missile at the soldiers, who returned fire, "killing a terrorist and forcing the rest back into Gaza".
The military wing of Hamas, the Ezzedine al Qassam Brigades, said some of its fighters were "behind enemy lines" and were involved in gun battles with the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) near the Gaza border fence.
In a statement, it said: "Heavy fighting is ongoing with the forces of the occupation."
The deaths bring to three the number of soldiers killed since Israel launched its military operation to halt rocket fire by Hamas. Two Israeli civilians have also died.
Authorities in Gaza said more than 310 Palestinians had so far been killed in the offensive.
On Saturday, the Israeli military said troops discovered 13 tunnels into Israel in the first 24 hours of its ground operation in Gaza.
Thousands marched in London calling for an end to Israeli military action It also said it has hit 2,350 targets in Gaza, including 1,100 rocket launchers, in 12 days of fighting.
Engineers are concentrating on a 1.5-mile buffer zone and are looking to destroy tunnels dug since the last major fighting in 2012.
Spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner said: "We have struck hard on the two main strategic assets of Hamas: the rockets and these tunnels."
Israel began the ground operation on Thursday after rockets were fired into Israel. It has said the offensive could last for up to two weeks.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is heading for the region to help mediate in the Gaza conflict.
Meanwhile, thousands of protesters marched through central London calling for an end to Israeli military action in Gaza and "justice and freedom" for Palestine.
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