Israeli army says 3 more soldiers killed in battles in northern Gaza
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army has announced that three more of its soldiers were killed in combat during the war on the northern Gaza Strip.
In a statement cited by the Times of Israel online newspaper, the Israeli army identified the three soldiers as Lt. Yaron Eliezer Chitiz, 23, deputy commander in the army’s Givati Brigade, Staff Sgt. Itay Buton, 20, and Staff Sgt. Efraim Jackman, 21, both from the Givati Brigade.
In an earlier statement, the Israeli army also declared five soldiers, including commanders, killed in Gaza, in addition to the injury of 43 soldiers, nine of them in serious condition, in Gaza.
A total of 164 Israeli soldiers have been killed in Gaza since the start of the Israeli ground operation in the narrow enclave on October 27.
The death toll of the Israeli army since the launch of Israeli attacks on Gaza on October 7 has risen to 491.
Israel has pounded the Gaza Strip since October 7, killing at least 20,915 Palestinians- mostly women and children- and injuring 54,918 others, according to local health authorities.
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