Israel has blasted over 40,000 targets in the Gaza Strip over the last year, discovered 4,700 tunnel shafts, and destroyed 1,000 rocket launcher positions, according to the military on Monday, the one-year anniversary of the Hamas-led militant strikes that prompted Israel’s invasion on the territory.
The military reported that 726 Israeli soldiers had been killed since October 7, 2023, based on a list of personnel whose identities it had authorisation to publish. Of those, 380 died in the October 7 attacks and 346 in Gaza warfare beginning October 27, 2023.
Since then, there have been 4,576 injuries among personnel. The military did not specify the operational accidents that killed fifty-six soldiers.
In data to mark the Oct. 7 anniversary, the Israeli military said it enlisted 300,000 reservists since the start of the war – 82% men and 18% women and nearly half of them aged 20 to 29.
Since the start of the war, 13,200 rockets were fired into Israel from Gaza. Another 12,400 were fired from Lebanon, while 60 came from Syria, 180 from Yemen and 400 from Iran, the military said.
It said it killed more than 800 “terrorists” in Lebanon, where 4,900 targets have been struck from the air along with about 6,000 ground targets. Over the past year, Israel arrested more than 5,000 suspects in the West Bank and Jordan Valley.
The military said it killed eight Gaza militant brigade commanders, about 30 battalion commanders and 165 company commanders over the past year.
The war in Gaza was triggered when Palestinian Hamas militants attacked southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing 1,200 people and taking about 250 as hostages, according to Israeli tallies. More than 100 hostages remain held by Hamas.
Remembering the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas, Israeli Chief of the General Staff LTG Herzi Halevi said, “We began this year from a difficult and painful point, but we regained our composure, advanced forward to fight and grew stronger. From this combat, a generation of warriors and commanders has emerged with unparalleled combat experience and unwavering courage, leading the IDF in one of the most complex wars we have known.”
A video was also posted on IDF’s social media platform with the hashtag, NeverForget.
