9 more Israeli soldiers injured in Gaza fighting, military says

By Abdelraouf Arnaout

JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army said Wednesday that another nine soldiers had been injured in the Gaza Strip in the last 24 hours.

According to military figures, 594 soldiers have been killed and 3,099 others wounded since the outbreak of the Gaza conflict last October,

Israel has waged a deadly military offensive on the Gaza Strip since an Oct. 7 cross-border attack led by Hamas in which some 1,200 Israelis were killed.

Nearly 32,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, have since been killed in Gaza, and more than 74,000 injured amid mass destruction and shortages of necessities.

The Israeli war has pushed 85% of Gaza’s population into internal displacement amid a crippling blockade of most food, clean water, and medicine, while 60% of the enclave's infrastructure has been damaged or destroyed, according to the UN.

Israel is accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice, which in January issued an interim ruling ordering Tel Aviv to ensure its forces do not commit acts of genocide, and guarantee that humanitarian assistance is provided to civilians in Gaza.

*Writing by Mohammad Sio in Istanbul