Israel announced on Wednesday that ten of its soldiers were killed in the past 24 hours, including a colonel in the Golani Infantry Brigade and a lieutenant who commanded a battalion in the Golani Brigade. This is the largest loss among Israeli forces in one day since 15 were killed on October 31.
Published on: 14/12/2023 – 12:07
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Israel announced on Wednesday that it had suffered its largest losses in more than a month after its forces were ambushed In the Gaza Strip At a time when it faces increasing diplomatic isolation with the rising number of civilian deaths and a worsening humanitarian catastrophe in the Strip. Fierce fighting is taking place in the north and south of the Gaza Strip, a day after the United Nations demanded an immediate ceasefire for humanitarian reasons in Gaza.
The Hebrew state reported that ten of its soldiers were killed in the past twenty-four hours, including a colonel in the Golani Infantry Brigade and a lieutenant colonel who commanded a battalion in the Golani Brigade. This is the largest loss among Israeli forces in one day since 15 were killed on October 31.
The Israeli army stated that most of the deaths occurred in the Shujaiya neighborhood in Gaza City, north of the Strip, where the forces were ambushed as they were trying to rescue another group of soldiers who attacked fighters in a building. An army official said that Israel paid a “very heavy price” in the incident.
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The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) said that the incident showed that Israeli forces would never be able to subjugate Gaza. Hamas continued, “We say to the Zionists that your failed leadership has no regard for the lives of your soldiers who are killed and injured every day in the dozens, and you have no choice but to withdraw from Gaza. The longer you stay there, the greater the bill of your deaths and losses will be, and you will emerge from it with the tail of disappointment and loss, God willing.”
Ismail Haniyeh, head of Hamas’ political bureau, said in a television speech that any future arrangements in Gaza without Hamas are “an illusion and a mirage.”
For his part, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the army will fight despite international pressure for a ceasefire. Netanyahu told soldiers in Gaza via walkie-talkies, “We will continue until the end, until victory, until the elimination of Hamas.” He continued, “I say this in the face of great pain, but also in the face of international pressure. Nothing will stop us.”
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