Israeli media: Security Ministry prepares for 20,000 wounded soldiers

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Israeli Media
14 Feb 2024 19:27
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Israeli media talks about the readiness of the Ministry of Security in the occupation government 'to accommodate around 20,000 new casualties in the army,' while the actual number of casualties is much larger than what is officially announced.

Israeli occupation soldier Jonathan Ben Hamou, wounded in the war in Gaza Strip during a physiotherapy session in Sheba Hospital's rehabilitation division in 'Israel', Dec. 18, 2023 (AP)

Israeli media reveals that reportedly, the number of wounded Israeli occupation soldiers in the Gaza Strip is much larger than officially announced.

The Israeli channel Kan mentioned, on Wednesday, that the Ministry of Security in the occupation government "is preparing to accommodate around 20,000 new casualties from the army," stressing that the data is stark in the aftermath of the war.

In turn, the Israeli Army Radio claimed that the "Rehabilitation Administration is preparing to receive 20,000 casualties this year, after receiving 5,500 last year."

Dozens of Israeli soldiers come under direct fire of Gaza Resistance

The Palestinian Resistance continued to hit hard against invading Israeli occupation forces in the Gaza Strip on the 129th day of the Israeli aggression.

Hamas' al-Qassam Brigades announced that its fighters were able to eliminate, from point blank range, 10 Israeli troops in the town of Aabasan, located to the east of the city of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. In the same area, al-Qassam fighters detonated an anti-personnel explosive device, killing and injuring members of another Israeli force.

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad's (PIJ) al-Quds Brigades said that its fighters ambushed an Israeli force on Monday dawn, in the town of Maen to the east of the city of Khan Younis. Several fighters awaited the arrival of an Israeli force to the site where the ambush was planned to take place. Upon arrival, fighters directly targeted the force with anti-personnel shells, thermobaric shells, and assault rifles, killing and injuring its members.

Al-Quds Brigades' mortar units also targeted an Israeli command and control center, set up in Khan Younis.

Al-Mujahideen Brigades fighters launched a rocket attack on an Israeli site equipped with spyware and reconnaissance equipment, to the east of the central Gaza Strip. The Brigades also announced that its fighters killed and injured an Israeli force that had taken position in a building that it had previously set up for detonation.