The Israeli army claims to have killed half of the military leadership of the Islamist Hamas. It also gives a total number of air attacks on the Gaza Strip.
Israel’s army says it has killed half of the leadership of Hamas’ military wing. In total, the troops have “eliminated and arrested around 14,000 terrorists” since the war began more than nine months ago, the military said in a statement. The army did not say whether these were exclusively members of Hamas or also members of other terrorist groups. According to Israeli military estimates, there were around 30,000 Hamas fighters before the war began.
So far, the military has reportedly attacked around 37,000 targets in the Gaza Strip from the air in the conflict. The information could not initially be independently verified.
Israel is being criticized internationally because of the large number of casualties among the Palestinian population and the immense damage in the coastal strip. According to the Hamas-controlled health authority, at least 38,713 people have been killed since the war began. These figures, which do not distinguish between civilians and combatants, cannot currently be independently verified.
At the weekend, Israel’s army attacked the leader of Hamas’ military wing, the so-called Kassam Brigades. It is still unclear whether Mohammed Deif was injured or killed. The military said the troops would continue to pursue the men at the top of Hamas.
Source: Stern
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