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The Israeli occupation army revealed the names and ranks of a number of its senior officers who were killed in the ongoing war on the Gaza Strip since the seventh of last October, and among the dead were 4 colonels and 6 lieutenant colonels.

Those killed were:

  • Colonel Assaf Hamami, 41, commander of the Southern Brigade of the Gaza Division, was killed in the October <> attack and his body is being held in Gaza.
  • Colonel Yonatan Steinberg, 42, commander of the Nahal Brigade, was killed in an exchange of gunfire near Kerem Shalom.
  • Colonel Lion Bar is a senior officer in the West Bank Division of the Israeli occupation army.
  • Colonel Roi Yosef Levy, 44, commander of the multidimensional unit.
  • Lieutenant Colonel Sahar Zion Makhlouf, 33, Gaza Division, liaison battalion commander.
  • Lieutenant Colonel Yonatan Tzur, 33, battalion commander in the Golani Brigade.
  • Lieutenant Colonel Eli Ginsburg, 42, an officer in the elite naval commando unit Hashaitit-13, served in his last position as commander of the counterterrorism school.
  • Lieutenant Colonel Alim Abdullah, 40, deputy commander of the 300th Brigade, was killed in a confrontation on the border with Lebanon.
  • Lieutenant Colonel Maidan Yisrael, 35, commander of command supply in the Southern Command.
  • Lt. Col. Salman Habqa, 33, commander of the 53rd Battalion, killed in a battle in the northern Gaza Strip.


The Israeli army had earlier announced the death of an officer from the Seventh Brigade at dawn on Saturday during the ongoing battles in the central Gaza Strip, and announced the death of a soldier from the Nahhal Brigade from his wounds during battles in northern Gaza in the middle of last month.

According to the latest tally, 398 soldiers and officers have been killed by the Israeli army since the start of the aggression on the Gaza Strip on October <>.

The military expert Fayez Duwairi, said on Saturday in his comment on the Israeli army's announcement of the killing of Colonel Issaf Hamami and the detention of his body in Gaza, that the hidden news and information about the dead of the occupation army will be greater, expecting new surprises will unfold through the announcements of the Israeli army later.


The Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), constantly broadcasts video footage showing the targeting of Israeli tanks, armored vehicles and personnel carriers in the Gaza Strip, and the latest video broadcast yesterday showed the complete destruction of the Merkava tank and the death of its crew of 10 Israeli soldiers.

In a related context, the Israeli army spokesman said that Hamas surpasses the occupation army in its knowledge of the battle area and its control over it.

He added that the IDF is gathering information to improve its operations on the ground, noting that Hamas has complex underground capabilities, from which it launches its attacks on Israel, including the possession of rockets and the ability to launch them.

Source : Al Jazeera