By Marlyn Montilla
08 Oct 2023, 09:23 AM EDT
More than 500 people from Israel have lost their lives during the war with Gaza militias that began on Saturday with a surprise attack by Hamas, while in the Strip the number of Palestinian fatalities reached 313.
Apart from the 500 deaths, which were confirmed by official sources, in Israel the armed conflict has left nearly 2,048 injured, 350 of them in serious condition, after the Hamas ground offensive, which broke out shooting into the communities and due to the impact of rockets launched towards Israel.
In Gaza, where Israeli forces have launched dozens of rounds of airstrikes against jihadist military infrastructure, deaths have reached 313, including 20 minors and more than 2,000 wounded.
However, the Israeli army claims to have killed 400 Palestinian militiamen in the Strip, and hundreds within Israeli territory, since the war between Israel and the Palestinian militias began.
“There are hundreds of terrorists dead and dozens of terrorists in our custody. Hundreds of terrorists were killed as they tried to infiltrate and return to Gaza. “We have neutralized approximately 400 terrorists inside the Gaza Strip,” said Israeli Army spokesman Daniel Hagari.
The battle continues in different locations near the border with Gaza, where an undetermined number of militants are still present, and the Israeli bombing of the enclave and the launching of rockets from the Strip to Israel continue, which has raised alarm bells. anti-aircraft guns in the south of the country.
Approximately 10 rockets have fallen on Sderot, a border city and the most affected by Hamas attacks, since it was the first place they were able to infiltrate, where they shot and kidnapped both soldiers and civilians.
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