310 Israeli soldiers killed since October 7
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army has said that the Israeli military death toll has risen to 310 since the fighting broke out on October 7 with Palestinian groups in Gaza.
At a press conference, Daniel Hagari, an army spokesperson, said the families of the soldiers have been informed about the death of their relatives.
He said 233 Israeli hostages are held by the Palestinian Hamas group in Gaza, raising the number from 228 announced in previous statements.
The Israeli military spokesperson added that numbers are not yet final as the military continues to investigate new information.
Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas group, said in an earlier statement that it holds in its captivity some 200-250 people most of them Israeli soldiers.
Hagari also said that the Israeli army continues with its offensive on Gaza, with a focus last night on eastern Gaza.
Earlier on Friday, the Israeli army carried out a limited incursion near the Shuja’iyya neighborhood marking the second ground raid since October 7.
Israeli military officials on several occasions, confirmed the army’s readiness to conduct a large-scale ground operation in Gaza, but are awaiting a green light from the Israeli political leadership.
Since October 7, the Israeli military has launched a relentless bombardment of Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, in an aggressively disproportionate retaliation to Operation Al Aqsa Flood.
More than 7,324 Palestinians have been killed, most of them being children, minors and women.
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