Significant Numbers of Israeli Soldiers Killed, Wounded and Declared Disabled

Israeli media sources report that more than 5,000 Israeli soldiers have been wounded in fighting in Gaza since October 7, while Israeli officials are warning of a looming mental health crisis, an Israeli newspaper reported on December 9. Specialists from Israel's Ministry of Defence said its rehabilitation department had received 60 wounded soldiers every day since the start of the war in Gaza.

At least 420 Israeli soldiers have been killed since October 7 Limor Luria, deputy director general and head of the Defense Ministry's Rehabilitation Department, told Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper and at least 2,000 Israeli soldiers have been declared disabled, with health officials "in a hurry to release the wounded so it can admit new patients," the newspaper reported. "We have never faced something like this," Luria said when confirming that 5,000 soldiers had been wounded since the start of the fighting. Sixty per cent of the wounded have suffered from severe wounds to their hands and feet, including those who have required amputations the reports inform. Around 12 per cent of injuries consist of damage to the spleen, kidneys, and rupture of internal organs, the official said.

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Volume 53 Number 30 - December, 2023

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