GAZA: The Israeli army on Saturday admitted that its five soldiers have been killed in war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip since Friday. In a statement, the Israeli army also acknowledged that four military personnel were killed on Friday in the Strip. It maintained that a fifth soldier was killed on Saturday in Gaza, bringing to 144 the number of soldiers killed inside in the Strip since the start of Israel’s brutal ground offensive against the people of Palestine on October 27. The military statement added that around 44 soldiers were wounded in the past 24 hours, ten of whom are in serious condition.
5 Israeli Soldiers Killed in Gaza
It further said that total 826 Israeli soldiers have been injured in the ongoing brutal assault of Israel against the people of Palestine in Gaza.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian health ministry said that the death toll in Gaza has reached at least 20,258 people, mostly women and children, due to ongoing relentless Israeli attacks since October 7. The statement added that in the past 24 hours alone, 201 Palestinians have been killed, and 368 others injured in the Gaza Strip.
The health ministry expressed deep concern over the continuous Israeli offensive, saying that the total number of Palestinians killed in the besieged Gaza Strip has now reached 20,258, with an additional 53,688 individuals injured since October 7.
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UN chief Antonio Guterres addressed the escalating conflict, stating that four out of the five hungriest people globally are in Gaza. Guterres emphasized the UN’s commitment to responding to the intensifying conflict and the growing humanitarian crisis in the region.
Similarly, in a statement, the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs accused Israel of deliberately escalating massacres to disrupt the implementation of the recent UN Security Council resolution aimed at boosting aid to the Strip. The UNSC on Friday passed a toned-down bid to boost humanitarian help to Gaza and called for urgent measures “to create the conditions for a sustainable cessation of hostilities” following a week of vote delays and intense talks to avoid a veto by Washington.
