As the country marked one year since the onset of the war on October
7, 2023, the Israel Defense Forces on Monday published new data on its
operations in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and Lebanon, from the
number of rockets fired at Israel to the number of sites struck by the
Israeli Air Force.
According to the data, some 17,000 Hamas operatives and members of
other terror groups have been killed by the IDF in the Gaza Strip since
the beginning of the war, in addition to some 1,000 terrorists inside
Israel on October 7, when gunmen rampaged through southern communities
massacring some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting 251 to
Gaza.
Israel responded with a military campaign to topple the Hamas regime
in the Gaza Strip, destroy the terror group, and free the hostages.
The Hamas-run health ministry has said over 41,000 Palestinians have
been killed in Gaza, though the figure cannot be independently verified
and is believed to include both civilians and Hamas members killed in
Gaza.
The IDF’s data said that the military has killed eight Hamas brigade
commanders and those of an equivalent rank, as well as more than 30
battalion commanders. More than 165 Hamas company commanders and
operatives with a similar rank have also been killed, according to the
data.
Some 40,300 targets have been struck in the Gaza Strip since the
beginning of the war, and troops have located some 4,700 tunnel shafts,
the IDF said.
Troops of the IDF’s Givati Brigade operate
in the Yabna camp of southern Gaza’s Rafah, June 18, 2024.
The day after the Hamas assault, Lebanon-based terror group Hezbollah
began attacks along Israel’s northern border, saying it was acting in
support of Gaza. That fighting steadily escalated over the months, until
boiling over last month after Israel began a new offensive against the
terror group by killing its entire top leadership and launching a ground
operation in southern Lebanon.
In Lebanon, the IDF said it has killed more than 800 terror
operatives, mostly members of the Iran-backed Hezbollah. The number
included 90 Hezbollah commanders, according to the IDF.
According to the IDF’s data, nearly 11,000 Hezbollah positions have been struck by the military.
Since the beginning of the war, over 26,000 rockets, missiles, and drones have been launched at Israel from multiple fronts.
Smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike in
southern Lebanon, as it seen from the Israeli side of the border,
October 5, 2024.
The numbers included 13,200 projectiles fired from Gaza — at least
5,000 on October 7 alone — 12,400 from Lebanon, around 60 from Syria,
180 from Yemen, and 400 from Iran — the latter of which in two direct
attacks on Israel on April 13 and October 1.
The IDF did not detail how many drones and missiles had been launched from Iraq at Israel amid the war.
The figures did not include rockets — said by Israel to be at least
in the hundreds — launched by Gazan terror groups that misfired and
landed in the Strip, as well as those launched by Hezbollah that landed
short in Lebanon.
The IDF said the Military Intelligence Directorate’s Unit 504 has
interrogated some 7,000 Palestinian suspects in the Gaza Strip, many of
whom were arrested and brought to Israel for further questioning. Many
have also been returned to Gaza after questioning.
Palestinian suspects are detained by the
IDF in the Gaza Strip, in a handout image published by the IDF on
December 11, 2023.
A total of 728 soldiers, reservists, and local security officers have
been killed and another 4,576 have been wounded in the war since
October 7 — the latest on Sunday. Of them, 346 were killed and 2,299
were wounded during the ground offensive in Gaza.
The IDF also lists 56 soldiers killed due to friendly fire in Gaza and other military-related accidents.
Since October 7, in the West Bank, the IDF said troops have arrested
more than 5,250 wanted Palestinians, including more than 2,050
affiliated with Hamas. Additionally, some 690 gunmen, rioters who
clashed with troops, or terrorists carrying out attacks have been killed
by troops in the West Bank, the IDF said.
The IDF said 150 brigade-level raids have been carried out in the
West Bank, and 30 homes of Palestinians accused of terrorism have been
demolished.
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