Israeli Givati brigade soldiers killed as toll of dead troops mounts

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Agencies
23 Nov 2023 01:17
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Israeli media reveals that the Israeli occupation forces are still losing more and more soldiers as their invasion of Gaza unfolds.

A Screengrab From footage published by al-Qassam Brigades military media depicting one of its fighters placing an IED on a tank backdoor in Gaza, posted on November 22, 2023 (Military Media)

A soldier from the Givati Brigade of the Israeli occupation forces was killed in action during clashes with Palestinian resistance in the Gaza Strip.

The number of Israeli soldiers that the IOF admitted they were killed in ground battles with the Palestinian resistance has reached 72, while the death toll for the Israeli occupation forces has risen to 392 soldiers since the beginning of Operation al-Aqsa Flood.

Israeli media confirmed on Wednesday the death of Captain Linor Snir, the leader of a company in the Golani brigades, during clashes with the Palestinian Resistance in the Northern Gaza Strip.

The Palestinian Resistance remains persistent in its attacks against the Israeli occupation forces across several fronts in Gaza, halting their incursion into the Strip, and resulting in significant material and human losses in Israeli ranks.

Earlier, the IOF announced the deaths of two of its soldiers, including an officer in the Givati brigades, raising the number of deaths among the IOF to a total of 390 soldiers since October 7.

The military spokesperson of the Al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Obaida, declared in a statement on Monday that 60 different Israeli military equipment have been targeted in several operations against the occupation forces.

Yesterday, the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, displayed scenes from the ambush its fighters prepared for Israeli troops.

Underreporting numbers?

It is worth noting that the numbers given by Hezbollah and al-Qassam Brigades surpass the "officially" declared count of Israeli soldiers killed in the operations, as "Israel" has a long-established policy of not declaring its actual losses. "Israel" has reported six soldiers and one settler killed on the Lebanese border, while Hezbollah affirmed on November 1 that at least 120 IOF soldiers were killed or wounded in action north of occupied Palestine since October 7.

Hamas repeatedly challenges "Israel" to disclose the actual number of its casualties.

For example, al-Qassam Brigades Resistance fighters successfully targeted on Monday 60 Israeli military vehicles of various types and confronted the invading forces in several axes across Gaza, the group's spokesperson Abu Obeida said.

In an audio recording, Abu Obeida revealed that these military vehicles were targeted in the axes of southern al-Zaytoun neighborhood, the Sheikh Radwan and al-Tawam neighborhoods west of Jabalia camp, as well as in Beit Lahia. Three of the vehicles were armored personnel carriers, he added.

Most of these vehicles, he explained, were hit by al-Yassin 105 shells, in addition to homegrown anti-tank IEDs, shrapnel bombs, and Tandem 85 shells.