Israel says 15 more soldiers injured in Gaza fighting in one day

Army says 463 soldiers killed, 1,860 others injured since Oct. 7

By Abdelraouf Arnaout

JERUSALEM (AA) - The Israeli army said Tuesday that 15 soldiers were injured in clashes in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours.

A military statement said the number of troops injured in the ongoing fighting in the Palestinian territory reached 719 since Israel expanded its ground offensive on Oct. 27, including 166 seriously.

Israeli military figures showed that 463 soldiers have been killed and 1,860 others injured since the outbreak of the Gaza conflict on Oct. 7.

Israel's air and ground attacks on the Gaza Strip since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas have killed at least 19,667 Palestinians, and injured 52,586 others, according to health authorities in the enclave.

The war has left Gaza in ruins with half of the coastal territory's housing stock damaged or destroyed, and nearly 2 million people displaced within the densely-populated enclave amid shortages of food and clean water.

Nearly 1,200 Israelis are believed to have been killed in the Hamas attack, while more than 130 hostages remain in captivity.

*Writing by Mohammad Sio in Ankara

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