The Israeli army announced that 1831 of its members have been wounded since the start of the war on the Gaza Strip (Anadolu Agency)
Israel's Channel 13 said some wounded soldiers refused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit at Sheba Hospital in the city of Ramat Gan, east of Tel Aviv.
This was one of several visits Netanyahu made to IDF soldiers and civilians wounded in the war.
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that 500 Israeli soldiers have been living with psychological difficulties and post-traumatic stress disorder since the beginning of the aggression on the Gaza Strip.
Israeli state media reported two weeks ago that about 100 Israeli soldiers had been seriously injured in the eyes in the Gaza battles, and that between 10 and 15 percent of those injuries resulted in blindness in one or both eyes.
Israel's state broadcaster said about 2000,<> soldiers were classified as injured and in need of medical care, while the IDF opened two mental health centers for soldiers.
in one day
The Israeli occupation army announced on Tuesday that 9 of its officers and soldiers were killed in the battles of Gaza and 29 were wounded in one day, bringing the number of its deaths since the start of the Israeli ground operation to 137.
On Monday, the Israeli army announced that 1831,704 of its members have been wounded since the start of the war on the Gaza Strip on October 27, including <> since the outbreak of ground battles on October <>.
Of the total casualties since the beginning of the war, 289 are seriously wounded, 512 are moderately injured and 1030,<> are lightly injured, he said, without clarifying the nature of these injuries or the criteria for their description.
The Israeli army also announced that its death toll since the beginning of the war had risen to 464 military officers and soldiers, although the spokesman for the Qassam Brigades repeatedly stressed that Israel's losses were higher than it claims.
Source: Agencies