The Israeli occupation army announced that 19 soldiers and officers were injured during the past 24 hours in the battles in the Gaza Strip, as clashes continue in the center and south of the Strip with continued bombing.
According to the latest data published by the army on Monday, the number of wounded soldiers and officers has risen to 1,042 since the start of its ground attack on Gaza on October 27, including 228 seriously wounded, while the total has reached 2,438 wounded since the outbreak of the war on the seventh of the month. Himself.
The number of dead Israeli soldiers and officers has reached 510 since the start of the war, including about 180 since the start of the ground attack.
Tel Aviv Tribune’s correspondent reported that the occupation forces continue to bomb the Qaizan al-Najjar area in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, and are trying to advance there.
Earlier, the correspondent reported that the Palestinian resistance was engaged in violent clashes with the occupation forces in the vicinity of the College of Science and Technology, southeast of Khan Yunis.
For its part, the Al-Quds Brigades – the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement – said that it was engaged in fierce clashes with the occupation forces using machine guns and anti-tank missiles in the areas of the incursion into Khan Yunis.
Military expert Major General Fayez Al-Duwairi: The number of tunnel openings in #Gaza per square kilometer is less than its counterpart in #Khan Younes Because the first is a block of cement and connected neighborhoods, unlike the others, which include wide interstitial spaces
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On the other hand, the occupation army seeks to deepen its incursions into Khan Yunis, claiming that the Palestinian resistance leadership and control centers are located there.
As for the central Gaza Strip, Tel Aviv Tribune’s correspondent reported continued clashes and violent Israeli artillery shelling on the town of Al-Zawaida and Al-Maghazi camp.
In Gaza City, the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Front, said that they targeted 3 Israeli vehicles in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood, east of the city, and destroyed them partially or completely. They also engaged in violent clashes with the occupation forces penetrating the area.
Since Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on October 7, the Israeli army has been waging a devastating war on the Gaza Strip, which has left, as of Monday, 23,84 martyrs and 58,926 wounded, according to data from the Ministry of Health in the Strip, and most of the martyrs and wounded were women and children.