Israeli army announces that 600 soldiers have been killed since October 7, 2023. More than half died in this attack, but soldiers also died in Gaza, on the border with Lebanon and in the West Bank.

256 soldiers killed in Gaza since October 27, the start of the ground military operation launched in retaliation for the Hamas attack carried out on October 7. Israel vowed to annihilate Hamas, which it considers a terrorist organization along with the United States and the European Union, and launched an offensive which left 32,782 dead.