A year of tragedy for the IDF: Here are the numbers

4,576 troops were wounded, with 2,299 of them being injured in the Gaza Strip.

By World Israel News Staff

The Israeli military revealed a number of statistics on the anniversary of the October 7th Hamas massacres, which illustrated the unprecedented death toll of that day and the losses sustained by Israel in the subsequent war, which is still ongoing.

Since October 7th, 2023, 728 Israeli soldiers have fallen in the line of duty.

That number includes those who were slaughtered at their bases in southern Israel on October 7th, along with those who were killed battling terrorists in nearby communities, along with those who fell weeks or months later along the northern border and in Palestinian Authority-controlled enclaves in Judea and Samaria, and during combat in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.

4,576 troops were wounded, with 2,299 of them being injured in the Gaza Strip.

56 were killed by friendly fire and in other combat accidents, such as vehicle crashes.

Following the IDF invasion of Gaza in late October 2023, the IDF has discovered and destroyed 4,700 tunnels, and the air force has struck more than 40,300 targets in the Strip.

In Lebanon, the IDF has killed some 800 terror operatives – mostly from Hezbollah, although some were affiliated with Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and other terror groups.

At least 90 Hezbollah commanders, including terror chief Hassan Nasrallah, were killed by the IDF.

Over the past year, Israel has come under near-daily aerial assaults from multiple fronts.

The Israeli military estimates that at least 26,000 rockets, missiles, and explosive drones have been fired at the Jewish State in the last 12 months.

On October 7th, 2023 alone, Hamas fired some 5,000 rockets at Israel from the Gaza Strip. In total, Hamas is believed to have launched more than 13,200 projectiles targeting the Jewish State in the last year.

12,400 rockets, missiles, and drones have been fired from Lebanon, mostly by the Hezbollah terror group.

400 projectiles – including 200 ballistic missiles – have been fired at Israel from Iran. 180 rockets, missiles, and drones were reported to have originated from Yemen.

Some 5,000 terror suspects have been arrested in Palestinian Authority-administered areas in Judea and Samaria, and 30 terrorists’ homes have been demolished.

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