OCCUPIED PALESTINE, Dec. 26 (YPA) – The Israeli occupation army acknowledged on Tuesday the killing of two more soldiers and the injury of four others in fierce battles with Palestinian Resistance groups in the Gaza Strip, bringing the death toll to 491 since October 7.
In its statement, the Israeli occupation army named the dead as follows:
First Sergeant Yousef Guiters, 25, an armored fighter in the 7029th Battalion, Ram Division (179), was killed in a battle in the southern Gaza Strip.
Sergeant Elisha Jonathan Lauper, 24, a fighter with the 8104th Battalion of the Ram Brigade (179), was killed in a battle in the southern Gaza Strip.
This brings the death toll of the Israeli army since the start of the ground operation in the Gaza Strip since October 27 to 158.
According to the statement of the occupation, the number of wounded in its ranks since October 7 reached about 2023, while the number of wounded since the start of the ground operation in Gaza reached about 834.
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