A statement from the army identified the soldier as Omer Tabib, 21, who was "killed this morning by the anti-tank missile launched by the Hamas terror group from Gaza at Israel".

The military wing of Hamas had earlier announced it had targeted an Israeli military jeep across from northern Gaza with a missile.

The Israeli army said another soldier was seriously wounded in the attack, and a third officer was moderately injured.

Gaza militants have launched more than 1,000 rockets since Monday, according to Israel's army, which has carried out hundreds of air strikes on Islamist groups in the crowded coastal enclave of Gaza.