Over 15,000 Israeli soldiers injured in Gaza war: Defence Ministry

More than 15,000 Israeli soldiers have been injured in Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip since 7 October, 2023, the country’s Defines Ministry said on Tuesday.

A Ministry statement said that the injured soldiers have entered rehab programs at the Ministry’s Rehabilitation Department, Anadolu Agency reports.

The figure announced by the Ministry is significantly higher than the number reported by the army, which stands at 5,667 since 7 October, 2023.

According to military figures released by the army, 841 soldiers have been killed and 5,667 others injured since the outbreak of the Gaza war on 7 October, 2023.

The Defines Ministry, however, did not explain the large discrepancy between the two figures.

A ceasefire agreement took effect in Gaza on 19 January, suspending Israel’s genocidal war that has killed more than 47,300 Palestinians, most of them women and children, and injured more than 111,400 since 7 October, 2023.

The Israeli onslaught has left more than 11,000 people missing, with widespread destruction and a humanitarian crisis that has claimed the lives of many elderly people and children in one of the worst global humanitarian disasters ever.

The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants in November for Netanyahu and his former Defence Minister, Yoav Gallant, for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.

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