The Israeli army admits the first death among its rank in Gaza after the start of the new offensive operation Gideon’s Chariots
The Israeli army announced on Wednesday that a sergeant was killed and another was injured in fighting in the southern Gaza Strip.
“Sergeant Danilo Mocanu, 20, a soldier in the 51st Infantry Division, 82nd Battalion, was killed in a battle in the southern Gaza Strip,” he said in a statement.
In turn, the Times of Israel news website reported that, according to a preliminary investigation conducted by the Israeli military, the soldier was killed in a building collapse following the detonation of an explosive device, and another soldier sustained minor injuries in the incident.
This brings the number of soldiers killed since the start of the war on October 7, 2023, to 858, including 416 in the ground battles in the Gaza Strip that began on October 27, 2023, according to Israeli military data.
The number of military casualties has reached 5,893 since the beginning of the war, including 2,667 in ground battles in the Gaza Strip.
