The number of Israelis killed as a result of the surprise attack by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas rose to 1,400, the Hebrew press reported this Friday citing health sources, while the victims of the Israeli bombings on Gaza amounted to 1,800.
In Israel, more than 3,430 injured people were also hospitalized, of which more than 350 were in critical or serious condition, according to the Israeli Ministry of Health.
The death toll has increased in recent days, as the search and identification of the bodies abandoned by Hamas fighters progressed after last Saturday’s attack on some thirty communities near the Gaza Strip, where approximately a thousand of civilians were massacred in their homes.
The Israeli Government confirmed the death of 258 soldiers in combat against Hamas during the fight to recover lands controlled by the Islamist organization, which lasted until Tuesday, although this number could still increase.
The Israeli Executive notified the affected families of 120 confirmed cases of hostages transported to the Gaza Strip, while Hamas assured this Friday that 13 captives had died in the last hours in bombings by the Israeli army, after reporting on Monday the death of others. four kidnapped. in the same circumstances.
The toll of victims of the Israeli aerial bombardments on the Gaza Strip, where Hamas has been in power since 2007, has reached 1,799 dead, in addition to 6,388 wounded, in addition to 47 dead in the West Bank, where at least one person died this month. On Friday, ten Palestinians were shot by Israeli security forces and far-right settlers, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
With the approximately 1,200 Hamas fighters who died in combat with the Israeli army between Saturday’s attack and the recapture of the ground completed on Tuesday, the total toll of these seven days of war far exceeds 4,400 dead.
Although the vast majority of Palestinian deaths are due to Israeli bombings in the Gaza Strip, violence is also increasing in the occupied West Bank, where this Friday there were numerous Palestinian protests dispersed by Israeli security forces, but also a wave of far-right Jews. settler attacks on Palestinian villages.
Source: TSF
