By Anadolu staff
JERUSALEM (AA) - The Israeli army on Tuesday said one more soldier succumbed to his wounds sustained from fighting with Palestinian groups in the southern Gaza Strip.
In a statement, the Israeli army identified the slain soldier as Staff Sgt. Maoz Morell, 22, of the army's Paratroopers Brigade’s reconnaissance unit.
Morell was critically injured on Feb. 15 in a battle with Palestinian groups in Khan Younis during which one soldier was killed and eight others injured, it added.
At least 236 Israeli soldiers have been killed in Gaza since the start of the Israeli ground operation in Gaza on Oct. 27, while the death toll of the army since the launch of the Israeli onslaught against Gaza on Oct. 7 has risen to 575.
Israel launched a deadly offensive on the Gaza Strip following a Hamas attack on Oct. 7. The ensuing Israeli bombardment has killed at least 29,092 Palestinians and injured about 69,028, with mass destruction and shortages of necessities.
The Israeli war on Gaza has pushed 85% of the territory's population into internal displacement amid acute shortages of food, clean water, and medicine, while 60% of the enclave's infrastructure has been damaged or destroyed, according to the UN.
Israel stands accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice. An interim ruling in January ordered Tel Aviv to stop genocidal acts and take measures to guarantee that humanitarian assistance is provided to civilians in Gaza.
* Writing by Ahmed Asmar in Ankara.