IOF admits to one soldier killed, another injured during Gaza battles
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The occupation admitted Thursday morning that the number of its soldiers killed since October 7 had risen to 445 officers and soldiers.
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Israeli soldiers carry the flag-covered coffin of an Israeli soldier at a cemetery in al-Quds, on Thursday, October 12, 2023. (AP)
On Thursday morning, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) admitted that a Sergeant First Class was killed and another was seriously injured during battles in the southern Gaza Strip.
This brings the number of occupation soldiers killed since October 7 to 445, according to IOF's numbers, which are greatly underreported, and to 116 since the start of the ground operation in the Gaza Strip.
"Israel" reported ten of its soldiers and officers were killed in the past 24 hours, including a full colonel commanding a forward base and a lieutenant colonel commanding a regiment. It was the worst one-day loss since 15 were eliminated on Oct. 31.
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Earlier on Wednesday, the IOF admitted that the tally of its soldiers who have been killed since October 7 rose to 444 officers and cadets.
The high toll also includes 82 soldiers from the elite Golani brigades.
Israeli media reported that among the 444 dead soldiers, 103 were of the rank of captain and above, and five were colonels.
Earlier the same day, the IOF acknowledged that 10 soldiers were killed, most of whom were officers, in battles in northern Gaza on Tuesday.
The IOF's spokesperson announced the death of six officers:
- Lt. Col. Tomer Grinberg, 35, the Golani Brigade’s 13th Battalion commander.
- Col. Itzhak Ben Basat, 44, head of the Golani Brigade’s commander’s team, former head of the Yiftah Brigade.
- Maj. Roei Meldasi, 23, a company commander in the Golani Brigade’s 13th Battalion.
- Maj. Moshe Avram Bar On, 23, a company commander in the Golani Brigade’s 51st Battalion.
- Cpt. Liel Hayo, 22, a platoon commander in the Golani Brigade’s 51st Battalion.
- Maj. Ben Shelly, 26, a squad commander in the Israeli Air Force’s Unit 669.
As for the dead soldiers, they include First Class Sergeant Rom Hecht, 20, of the Israeli Air Force’s Unit 669, Staff Sgt. Oriya Yaakov, 19, of the Combat Engineering Corps’ 614th Battalion, Sgt. Achia Daskal, 19, a soldier in the Golani Brigade’s 51st Battalion, and Sgt. Eran Aloni, 19, of the Golani Brigade’s 51st Battalion.
