The Israeli military IDF has released a report on its operations on October 7, 2023, the first anniversary of the Hamas attacks. The Israeli army on Monday released new statistics on its operations in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and Lebanon, including the number of rockets fired at Israel to the number of strikes carried out by the Israeli air force in Lebanon and Gaza.
The Israeli army has also stated in this report how many Hamas fighters it has killed in Gaza and how many of its soldiers have been killed.
According to the report, the Israeli army has killed about 17 thousand Hamas fighters in Gaza in the past year. On October 7, the Israeli army killed a thousand Hamas fighters in Israel itself.
In fact, on 7 October 2023 Hamas attacked Israel and took about 250 Israeli civilians hostage and killed about 1200 Israelis during their attack. To free the hostages and eliminate Hamas, the Israeli army launched Operation Sword in Gaza. An army action report released a year later showed that it had inflicted heavy losses on Hamas.
How much damage to Hamas?
The report said that the Israeli army has struck about 40,300 targets in Gaza and discovered and destroyed about 4,700 Hamas tunnels. The army also claimed to have killed eight Hamas brigade commanders and more than 30 battalion commanders of the same rank. According to information, more than 165 company commanders and members of similar ranks of Hamas have also been killed.
In addition, the IDF said on its operations in Lebanon that it had killed about 800 terrorists in Lebanon, most of whom were associated with Iran-backed organizations. Israel's army in Lebanon said it had targeted about 11,000 Hezbollah positions.
Loss of Israel army
The IDF has also faced a stiff challenge from Hamas in the year-long war, with 728 Israeli soldiers killed in clashes with Hamas over the past year. The report said that 4,576 soldiers were injured in this battle.
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