7 more Israeli soldiers injured in past 24 hours, military says

By Abdelraouf Arnaout

JERUSALEM (AA) - Seven more Israeli soldiers have been injured in either skirmishes with Palestinian resistance groups in Gaza or during a cross-border attack with the Lebanon-based Hezbollah group in the last 24 hours.

According to Israeli army figures released on Monday, seven soldiers were injured in the past 24 hours.

The Israeli army, in a statement, did not specify where the soldiers were injured, which is most likely in Gaza or during clashes with the Lebanese Hezbollah group.

According to Israeli military figures, at least 662 soldiers have been killed since Oct. 7 of last year, with 311 killed following the launch of Israel's ground operation against Gaza on Oct. 27.

The number of injured soldiers has risen to 3,848 since the beginning of Israel's offensive on Gaza.

Israel has faced international condemnation amid its continued brutal offensive on Gaza since an Oct. 7, 2023 attack by Hamas despite a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire.

More than 37,300 Palestinians have since been killed in Gaza, most of them women and children, and more than 85,000 others injured, according to local health authorities.

Over eight months into the Israeli war, vast tracts of Gaza lay in ruins amid a crippling blockade of food, clean water and medicine.

Israel stands accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice, whose latest ruling ordered Tel Aviv to immediately halt its operation in Rafah, where over a million Palestinians had sought refuge from the war before it was invaded on May 6.

*Writing by Ahmed Asmar in Ankara