The son of Israel’s conflict cupboard minister and former army chief Gadi Eizenkot was killed in preventing within the Gaza Strip, Benny Gantz, chief of the centrist National Unity Party, stated Thursday.
Party members Eizenkot and Gantz, additionally a former military chief, joined Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s authorities shortly after Hamas’ Oct. 7 assault, which was adopted by an unprecedented Israeli air, floor and sea offensive within the Palestinian Gaza Strip.
The Israeli army stated Master Sgt. Gal Meir Eizenkot, 25, died in a battle in northern Gaza. Another soldier was killed in a firefight within the southern Gaza Strip, the assertion added. Two different troopers have been significantly injured within the preventing.
The military stated 416 troopers have been killed because the outbreak of the Gaza battle on Oct. 7.
Eizenkot’s father served as army chief of workers from 2015 to 2019.
He not too long ago entered politics as a member of the National Unity Party. He joined the newly fashioned conflict cupboard as an observer on Oct. 12.
Israel resumed its army offensive on the Gaza Strip on Dec. 1 after a week-long humanitarian pause with the Palestinian resistance group Hamas ended.
At least 17,177 Palestinians have been killed and over 46,000 others injured in relentless air and floor assaults on the enclave since Oct. 7.
Around 1.9 million folks, 85% of the inhabitants, have been displaced up to now.
The Israeli loss of life toll within the Hamas assault stood at 1,200, based on official figures.
Source: www.dailysabah.com