3 more Israeli soldiers killed, 8 injured seriously during Gaza attacks
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army has announced that two more officers and one soldier were killed and 8 others seriously injured during attacks against Palestinian resistance groups in the Gaza Strip, bringing the death toll since October 7 to 469.
A military statement said that First Lt. Yaakov Elyan, 20, First Lt. Omri Schwarz, 21, and Sergeant Lavi Ghassi, 19, were killed in fighting in the southern Palestinian territory.
This brings the total number of Israeli soldiers and officers killed since October 7 to 469.
Israel has pounded the Gaza Strip since October 7 by Hamas, killing over 20,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injuring 52,586 others, according to health authorities in the enclave.
The Israeli onslaught has left Gaza in ruins with half of the coastal territory’s housing stock damaged or destroyed, and nearly 2 million people displaced within the densely-populated enclave amid shortages of food and clean water.