Three Israeli soldiers were killed in the north of the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army announced in a statement on Thursday, which is intensifying its operations in the area. According to the army, 353 soldiers have died in the Gaza Strip since the Gaza war began a year ago.
The Israeli army is engaged in fighting in the north of the Palestinian territory against Hamas, particularly around Jabalia, which it has been besieging since Sunday. It also carried out airstrikes, believing that the Palestinian Islamist movement was rebuilding its capabilities there, despite months of fighting and bombings.
On Wednesday, Gaza Civil Defense deplored the difficulties in accessing the wounded and dead in Jabalia and estimated that at least 140 people have died there since the start of the operation.
The war in Gaza was triggered by the unprecedented attack by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on October 7, 2023, which resulted in the deaths of 1,206 people, mainly civilians, according to an AFP count based on official Israeli figures. which include the hostages killed and those who died in captivity in Gaza.
Israel’s retaliatory military offensive has killed 42,065 people in Gaza, most of them civilians, according to figures from the Hamas-ruled territory’s Health Ministry deemed reliable by the UN.
