Israeli army says 24 more soldiers injured in past 24 hours

The Israeli army said Friday that 26 soldiers, including seven in Gaza Strip clashes, were injured in the past 24 hours.

Military figures show that at least 664 soldiers have been killed and 3,892 others injured since the outbreak of the conflict in the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7, 2023.

The army, however, did not provide any further details about how the 19 soldiers were wounded.

Israel, flouting a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire, has faced international condemnation amid its continued brutal offensive on Gaza since an Oct. 7, 2023 attack by the Palestinian group Hamas.

The Palestinian death toll from relentless Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since last October has exceeded 37,400, according to the Health Ministry in the besieged enclave.

More than 85,600 people have also been injured in the onslaught, the ministry added.

Over eight months into the Israeli war, vast tracts of Gaza lay in ruins amid a crippling blockade of food, clean water, and medicine.

Israel stands accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice, which in its latest ruling ordered it to immediately halt its military operation in the southern city of Rafah, where over a million Palestinians had sought refuge from the war before it was invaded on May 6.