Three IOF soldiers, including senior officer, killed in southern Gaza
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Two Israeli soldiers of the 630th Battalion were also seriously injured.
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Israeli occupation soldiers ride in a military vehicle near the border with the Gaza Strip on February 12, 2024. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP)
The Israeli occupation military confirmed that three of its troops, including a senior officer, were killed in battles with Palestinian Resistance fighters in southern Gaza, raising the death toll among occupation forces to 569 since October 7.
The military identified the killed troops as:
- Lt. Col. (res.) Netanel Yaacov Elkouby, commander of the Gaza Division’s Southern Brigade’s 630th Battalion.
- Maj. (res.) Yair Cohen, an acting company commander in the Gaza Division’s Southern Brigade’s 630th Battalion.
- Sgt. First Class (res.) Ziv Chen of the Gaza Division’s Southern Brigade’s 630th Battalion.
In addition, two Israeli soldiers of the 630th Battalion were seriously injured.
With the announcement, the number of Israeli occupation troops killed since the start of the ground invasion into the Gaza Strip now stands at 232, as per Israeli media.
Seeking to conceal the extent of its losses, the Israeli occupation military is imposing strict censorship on the accurate figures of its casualties during the ongoing battles in the Gaza Strip, but footage published by the military media of the Palestinian Resistance factions indicates that the losses incurred are much greater than officially declared.
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