'Israel' admits soldier killed in confrontations in Gaza
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The Israeli occupation has admitted to the killing of one of its soldiers under the "permitted to publish" clause.
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Israeli tank moves near the Gaza border, as seen from southern occupied Palestine, Thursday, May 16, 2024. (AP)
The Israeli occupation's military admitted on Saturday the death of an Israeli soldier during confrontations in northern Gaza.
Under the "permitted to publish" clause, it was reported that the Sergeant was a soldier in the computer communications company of the Paratroopers Brigade, and was killed during a confrontation against the Palestinian Resistance in northern Gaza.
On Thursday, five Israeli occupation troops from the 35th Paratroopers Brigade's 202nd Battalion were killed in Gaza's Jabalia refugee camp, while another eight were wounded, the occupation's military spokesperson announced.
The troops, which include one officer, were killed after the Palestinian Resistance detonated explosives that were previously laid in a building in Jabalia.
The Israeli Ynet news website claimed that fighters from the 82nd Armored Battalion spotted a gun barrel protruding from a building in the refugee camp and targeted the building with two shells. The Israeli news website said that the crew of the Israeli Merkava tank had no knowledge of the fact that the building was appropriated by the 202nd Battalion and turned into a command post.
As such, Israeli media outlets claim that the shelling of the building killed five troops and injured another three by friendly fire.
10 IOF soldiers have committed suicide since Oct. 7
10 members of the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have committed suicide since October 7, some during confrontations in the Gaza envelope settlements, the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, revealed.
Experts cited by the newspaper stated that while most suicides among the IOF involve young soldiers, the events of October 7 have had an unusual psychological impact on IOF personnel in general.
The newspaper also reported that the IOF has had to unexpectedly address suicidal tendencies among soldiers and officers, both in permanent military service and in the reserves, particularly those in their thirties and forties.
Haaretz highlighted the case of one officer in permanent service who was found dead in his car, having shot himself, two weeks following the launch of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood.
According to the IOF, "No common denominator between these suicides and what happened on October 7 was found, but family members and fellow soldiers reported that some of the dead soldiers 'suffered from psychological distress after this date.'"
Moreover, it was reported that Israeli occupation data indicate that ten soldiers and officers committed suicide from the beginning of the war until May 11, yet the IOF refused to disclose any names or details about those who committed suicide.
