Last updated: 16.11.2023, 05:27 a.m.
By: Patrick Mayer
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How many Israeli soldiers have been killed in the war with Hamas? The exact numbers remain unclear – instead, there are success stories.
Tel Aviv – Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly not conducted interviews with the Israeli press for years. The documentary "Benjamin Netanyahu - The Media Professional and the Power" in the ARD media library shows how he had a real dispute with critical media at times.
In the war in Israel and the Gaza Strip, it is noteworthy that the Israeli army accompanies Western journalists to the Gaza Strip, where the military is currently conducting an operation against Hamas.
War in Israel and Gaza: Tel Aviv does not comment on losses in the Israeli army
Only success stories are presented. Like, for example, the capture of the parliament in Gaza City, documented by a photo of Israeli soldiers. Some carry the typical mitznefet. "Do you remember when it was said that we would not invade the Gaza Strip? We invaded. They said we would not go to the outskirts of Gaza City. We did. They said we wouldn't go to Al-Shifa Hospital. We went in," the Israeli prime minister said in an emotional video message on Wednesday (15 November).
Own losses? Benjamin Netanyahu does not comment on this. There is hardly anything to be heard from Tel Aviv about this. Hardly any dead and wounded Israelis in battle? Can this really be the case after military experts unanimously predicted a bloody urban battle in Gaza?
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rarely gives press conferences – and remains tight-lipped about the number of Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza. (Archive photo) © Abir Sultan/Pool European Pressphoto Agency/AP/dpa
In mid-November, there are increasing signs that Israel is suffering significant losses, while Palestinian civilian casualties from the bombardments are also high. According to Military Watch Magazine, the Israelis reportedly lost 88 armored vehicles in five days as they advanced into Gaza.
Has Israel's army lost dozens of tanks in Gaza?
The online portal is based on unspecified satellite images of Gaza. According to the report, 383 Israeli tanks and other military vehicles such as bulldozers were temporarily seen in the narrow coastal strip. The information cannot be independently verified.
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Videos and photos from social networks are also said to have shown how the terrorist militia is able to take out isolated Israeli tanks. For example, explosives are supposedly attached to tanks such as the Merkava or Namer in order to neutralize their active protection systems before anti-tank guns such as the dreaded Soviet RPG-7 are fired at the vehicles.
War in Israel and Gaza: Video of badly damaged tank
For example, X (formerly Twitter) has a video circulating that purports to show a badly damaged Israeli tank after a mission in Gaza. Even in this case, the place and time of the recordings cannot be independently verified. According to Military Watch Magazine, local media also report that Israeli armored brigade commander Colonel Sheldag Zior was killed in combat.
Zior is said to be the highest-ranking Israeli army officer killed in the fighting with the radical Islamist Hamas. This message is also circulating at X, which Tel Aviv (as of November 15) has not yet commented on. However, news agencies are receiving more and more photos of funerals for soldiers killed in Gaza.
Israel's losses in the war with Hamas: funerals between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem
One example is the funeral of 20-year-old Sergeant Lavi Lifshitz in Jerusalem on November 1. Press photographers also attended the funeral of 19-year-old Sergeant Lavi Lifshitz on November 2 in Herzliya (near Tel Aviv). And on November 3, hundreds, perhaps thousands, came to a cemetery in Jerusalem for the funeral of 42-year-old soldier Urya Mash. All three soldiers are said to have been killed in the war against the Palestinian Hamas in Gaza.
The examples are piling up. On November 1, Welt live, among others, reported that nine Israeli soldiers were killed in an attack on their vehicle on October 31. Nine dead, only one attack.
Israel's losses in the war with Hamas: Benjamin Netanyahu only talks about successes
As recently as October 15, the Israeli army had at least announced that 279 soldiers had been killed in eight days since the Hamas attack. Many of them were murdered by Hamas terrorists in their border posts in the early morning of October 7. However, it is not known how many young men and women of the army are now dead in the confusion. Netanyahu prefers to talk about military successes. (pm)
Machine support was used for this article, written by the editors. The article was carefully reviewed by editor Lukas Rogalla before publication.