At least 540 Israeli soldiers have been injured by “friendly fire” since Israel expanded its ground operations in the Gaza Strip on October 27, according to Israeli media on Monday.
Israeli Channel 12, citing military figures, said that 1,300 soldiers have been wounded since the start of the ground offensive in Gaza, including 540 in operational accidents.
Military figures show that 562 soldiers have been killed and 2,820 others injured since the outbreak of the Gaza conflict on October 7, when Hamas attacked Israel killing nearly 1,200 Israelis.
Israel has launched a deadly offensive on the Gaza Strip since killing at least 27,365 Palestinians and injuring 66,630 others.
The Israeli offensive has left 85% of Gaza’s population internally displaced 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.
According to a report, “Friendly fire” in Gaza has injured hundreds of Israeli soldiers, according to media reports. Based on data from the Israeli military, Channel 12 television reported that 540 Israeli soldiers have been injured as a result of “friendly fire” since the beginning of the ground incursion into Gaza on October 27th.
The Israeli army had previously announced that since the beginning of the attacks on Gaza on October 7th, 2023, a total of 2,820 soldiers have been injured, with 1,300 of them being injured in ground combat in Gaza.
Additionally, it was reported that 562 Israeli soldiers, including 225 during the ground invasion, have been killed since October 7th.
