Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mentioned on Tuesday that the Israel Protection Forces had launched an investigation into the “catastrophe” that led to the dying of 21 troopers in Gaza the day gone by.
“The IDF has launched an investigation into the catastrophe. We should be taught the required classes and do all the pieces to protect the lives of our warriors,” Netanyahu mentioned in an announcement concerning the incident, which he made for the navy Israel's deadliest day in Gaza for the reason that begin of its floor operations on October 27.
Netanyahu promised on Monday, after the information of the troopers' deaths first broke, that the IDF would proceed its combat till “whole victory” over Hamas.
The 21 IDF reservists had been killed when a militant fired a rocket-propelled grenade at a tank, setting off a secondary explosion that introduced down two buildings on high of the troopers. They had been amongst a complete of 24 Israeli troopers killed in Gaza on Monday, which navy spokesman Daniel Hagari confirmed was the most important single-day loss in practically three months of floor warfare.
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On Monday, Netanyahu mourned the loss, saying in a social media submit that it had been “one of many hardest days for the reason that outbreak of warfare,” however including: “Within the identify of our heroes, and for our lives , we’ve to do it. don’t cease combating till absolute victory.”
The IDF mentioned on Tuesday, in the meantime, that troopers had managed to fully encompass the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, the place a lot of the deadliest combating and airstrikes have been concentrated in latest days. The Ministry of Well being in Gaza, run by Hamas, mentioned on Tuesday that solely in the course of the earlier 24 hours, 195 individuals had been killed within the densely populated Palestinian territory.
Israel accuses Hamas of working from Al Nasser Hospital, the most important well being facility in Khan Younis, and of basing a few of its operations within the metropolis.
Hundreds of Palestinians who had sought refuge within the sprawling hospital fled this week, with sufferers and displaced civilians describing relentless airstrikes and artillery as IDF forces closed in on the power.
The Ministry of Well being run by Hamas it says greater than 25,400 individuals had been killed in Gaza since Israel started its offensive in retaliation for the unprecedented assault on October 7 by the Palestinian militant group, which is designated a terrorist group by Israel, america and the European Union. Hamas officers don’t distinguish between fighter and civilian deaths. Israel says Hamas killed about 1,200 individuals in its October assault, and took about 240 others hostage.
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About half of these hostages have been launched, however Israel says 132 are nonetheless being held captive in Gaza. The stress from the members of the family of the remaining hostages on the federal government of Netanyahu, to avoid wasting their family members as a precedence within the warfare, even when it means negotiation, has elevated dramatically. A gaggle of members of the family stormed right into a parliamentary assembly on Monday and shouted angrily at lawmakers, demanding extra be performed to verify their family members come house.
