TEL AVIV: The Israeli army said on Tuesday that four soldiers were killed and several suffered severe injuries during combat in the northern Gaza Strip.
The casualties included Captain Yehonatan (Joni) Keren, Staff Sergeant Aviv Gilboa, Staff Sergeant Nisim Meytal, and Staff Sergeant Naor Haimov. The wounded officer, part of the Multidimensional Unit (888), was evacuated to a hospital for treatment.
Since the start of the ground offensive in Gaza on October 27, the Israeli military has reported that 367 soldiers have been killed in the ongoing conflict.
Meanwhile, at least 93 Palestinians, mostly women and children, were killed and around 40 are still missing after an overnight Israeli air strike on a residential building in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, Gaza’s Civil Defence Agency said on Tuesday.
The agency’s spokesperson, Mahmud Bassal, declared the attack an Israeli massacre and said, “The number of martyrs in the massacre of the Abu Nasr family home in Beit Lahia has risen to 93 martyrs, and about 40 are still missing under the rubble.”
The Emergency Service said that many victims were believed to still be trapped under the debris. The same numbers were earlier reported by the official Palestinian news agency WAFA. WAFA reported, quoting medics that many of those killed in the Israeli strike were children and women.
The health ministry in Gaza said that, as of Tuesday, at least 43,061 Palestinians, mostly women and children, have been killed in the ongoing Israeli bombardments since October 7, 2023, with 101,223 people wounded across the Gaza Strip. During the last 24-hour at least 41 people have been killed in Gaza.
Earlier, on Monday, the Palestinian Civil Emergency Service stated that about 100,000 people were stranded in Jabalia, Beit Lahia as well as Beit Hanoun without food or medical supplies.
