Nine Israeli soldiers died on Monday (8), in Gaza, in another day of the Israeli ground offensive on the Palestinian enclave. The operations of the Jewish State entered a new phase of the war, with the expansion of attacks in the southern part of the enclave.
Troops updated this Tuesday (9) the number of their deaths, which reached a total of 185 since the start of the ground invasion, while soldiers injured since the start of the war on October 7 last year are close to 2 .3 thousand, 382 of them serious.
Among the nine soldiers killed on Monday, six died in the explosion of ammunition placed in a tunnel that was to be destroyed in the Al Burej refugee camp, in central Gaza.
According to a first investigation by the Army, the explosion that caused the death of the soldiers occurred due to a tank fire.
According to Israeli authorities, the Army has completed the dismantling of Hamas' military infrastructure in the north of the Strip, and is now focusing on the center and south, in a war that has lasted 96 days and is expected to continue into 2024.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant reported this Tuesday in his meeting with United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken on “changes in combat tactics in the northern part of the Strip that will allow Israel to achieve its war objectives “.
In turn, he reiterated that military operations in Khan Yunis “will intensify and continue” until Israel finds the Hamas leaders and manages to free the hostages still in captivity in Gaza.
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