How did Israel kill its soldiers in Gaza? the details
Data published by the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation on Tuesday revealed that 13 soldiers were killed by the Israeli army’s own fire, while 7 others died in work accidents.
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As the war between Israel and Hamas entered its sixty-seventh day in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army revealed that dozens of its forces had been killed by “friendly fire.”
20 out of 105 Israeli soldiers were killed in the Gaza Strip, as a result of friendly fire or other incidents, and not by fire from Palestinian militants.
Data published by the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation on Tuesday revealed that 13 soldiers were killed by the Israeli army’s own fire, while 7 others died in work accidents.
The Israeli army is moving
The information confirmed that the Israeli army began taking a series of measures to try to reduce the phenomenon of shooting, due to a mistake in identification.
The information explained that the main problem is identifying “identity”, coordination between forces, and closing the circle of fire, given the presence of large numbers of soldiers in Gaza.
Therefore, the army analyzed the events in order not to repeat such incidents, and sought to distribute information directly to field forces, according to the broadcasting authority.
Since October 7, 434 Israeli soldiers have been killed in the war, including 105 in the ground operation alone. while about 1,645 Israeli soldiers were injured, according to the Jerusalem Post.
Surprise attack
It is noteworthy that on October 7, Hamas launched a surprise attack during which its members infiltrated Israeli military bases through the separation fence and attacked border settlements on the Gaza Strip, which, according to Israel, led to the death of about 1,200 people. It also kidnapped about 240 people and transferred them to the Gaza Strip.
Since then, Israel has responded with intense bombing of the Gaza Strip and a ground operation that began on October 27, which has so far resulted in the deaths of 18,205 Palestinians, about 70% of whom are women and children, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza.
18,000 dead
Israeli air strikes and violent battles, with the number of war casualties in the Gaza Strip rising to 18,000 dead, according to the latest toll, while the Hamas movement confirmed that the release of the hostages it has been holding since its attack on Israel on October 7 will only happen through... Negotiations and prisoner exchange.
The “Times of Israel” newspaper said today that the number of Israeli army deaths since the start of the ground operation in Gaza rose to 101 after announcing the killing of three others in military operations south of the Strip yesterday, while the spokesman for the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip, Ashraf Al-Qudra, announced yesterday. The death toll from the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip rose to 17,997, in addition to 49,229 injuries.
