Israeli occupation announces death of 29 soldiers due to friendly fire in Gaza

OCCUPIED PALESTINE, Jan. 01 (YPA) – The Israeli occupation army announced that about 17% of the deaths of its soldiers in Gaza were accidents.

It said that 29 soldiers were killed in separate incidents since the start of the ground operation in the Gaza Strip, including 18 by friendly fire, according to what Israeli media reported on Monday, January 1, 2024.

The Israeli newspaper “Jerusalem Post” explained that some of these incidents were “friendly fire” incidents, while others were tanks running over soldiers they did not see, walls falling on soldiers, or errors with explosives during preparations for an attack on the Palestinian resistance.

In turn, the Israeli newspaper “Yedioth Ahronoth” indicated that two soldiers were killed on the northern front during operational incidents during this period, and the Central Command of the occupation army reported that one soldier was killed by a bullet and another was killed in a car accident.

In the latest announcement of the occupation army about the deaths of soldiers in Gaza, it said on Sunday, December 31, 2023, that two soldiers were killed in battles in the central and northern Gaza Strip, bringing the death toll to 504 since the outbreak of the war on October 7 last year.

YPA