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Israeli military suffers dozens of casualties in 'unusual incident' in Gaza, raising total to 3,757

Al Mayadeen
Fri, 29 Mar 2024 10:12 UTC

The Israeli military admits to a new batch of injuries, 28 of whom fell in unspecified locations.

Israeli media outlets have circulated footage of several military helicopters transporting casualties from the Gaza Strip to hospitals in occupied Palestine, in what has been described as an "unusual" incident on Friday morning.

Comment: Footage:

Concurrently, Israeli military reports have revealed that 62 Israeli occupation troops have been wounded in a period ranging from March 21 to March 28, pushing the total number of injuries among occupation forces to 3,160.

In the last updated form of Israeli troops killed since October 7, 2023, Israeli occupation forces (IOF) admitted to 597 deaths among its members. The total number of casualties (deaths and injuries) admitted by Israeli authorities has reached 3,757.

Comment: A number of whom were killed by 'friendly fire': 21 Israeli soldiers 'killed by IDF mines' after Hamas fire rocket at convoy during controlled demolition op in Gaza

Since the Israeli occupation launched its ground invasion into the Gaza Strip, 1,523 soldiers and officers have been injured.

Another 28 soldiers and officers were injured last week in unspecified areas of engagement, which may be linked to the operations of the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah.

Israeli media outlets pointed out that the number of casualties equates to an entire brigade of the Israeli military, which consists of 11 regular and active brigades. The extreme reduction in manpower has had clear effects on the Israeli military's structure, as officials have called for at least 14,500 new recruits. The events have also forced further dependence on reserve brigades, costing the Israeli occupation treasury large sums to maintain.

It is worth noting that thousands of casualties among Israeli troops go unreported when treated in field hospitals.

Israelis attacks on Gaza's hospitals met with fierce Resistance

Most recently, Hamas' al-Qassam Brigades said that its fighters launched a thermobaric shell toward an Israeli force that had taken position in a building near the Nasser Medical Complex in the city of Khan Younis.

The Military Media confirmed that the attack led to casualties among the force's members, which was followed by airborne evacuations via a military helicopter.

Comment: Whilst Israel's official figures should be treated with skepticism, it seems that it has not only lost troops to injury and death, but analysts say significant numbers of them aren't up to the job, and so one wonders how many of them are out of action because they're 'recovering':

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Demore · 2024-03-29T16:49:42Z

They are soldiers, it comes with the job. Unlike children and women and old folks dying buried under destroyed buildings rubble.

Demore · 2024-03-29T16:53:27Z

Demore ...or being deliberately shot, unarmed.

sottreader · 2024-03-29T17:09:44Z

Demore Yep.

Moaning about soldiers experiencing casualties during their involvement in perpetrating continuing atrocities against innocent civilian men, women, and children is a disgusting manifestation of "chutzpah".

ReRan ·

sottreader

· 2024-03-29T17:18:39Z

Baybars · 2024-03-29T17:02:12Z

A thermobaric shell.

Thermobaric weapons function according to the same principles as dust and vapor-fuel explosions, which cause phenomena such as grain silo and flour mill explosions.

Rather than using an oxidiser-fuel mix as with condensed explosives, a themobaric weapon is almost entirely fuel, which is scattered by a small precursor explosive charge and then ignited a short time later after the fuel has been given time to mix with air, producing a flame front that burns so quickly the result is an explosion.

The primary damage mechanism of a thermobaric munition is blast, and it is particularly deadly in confined spaces where the shockwave is reflected and focused and the consumption of oxygen is so fast and complete than the explosion can cause a brief, partial vacuum... [Link]
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JTF Truth · 2024-03-29T22:46:47Z

Baybars Did you try that on your sausages?

Michael L · 2024-03-29T17:42:22Z

I got to see some fine examples when I was deployed to the sandbox. Most of them should be engaged in cosplay at some DC/Marvel venue.

PedroCarpintero · 2024-03-29T18:02:22Z

Interesting photo... They've gotten good at wailing.

Baybars · 2024-03-29T18:12:34Z

PedroCarpintero Many centuries of practice. As Michael L suggests, they should be employed as bit-part cosplay actors at the mall.

Psstoffgoy · 2024-03-29T18:35:00Z

Baybars Oh it's a real picture? Here I thought it was a screen shot from Netflix, from just about any show they bother to air.

ReRan · 2024-03-29T20:10:36Z

Psstoffgoy I think it looks pretty fake. Soldiers at a funeral when they are more likely to be at the frontline? The photographer told them, pretend you're crying.

Patrick2017 · 2024-03-30T14:44:17Z

ReRan Are we suppose to cry as if we all really care. ?

Buffalo_Ken · 2024-03-29T18:31:13Z

An "unusual incident" - oh boy...

get out of town - tell more please....

Rife ·

Reap what you sow, oy.

· 2024-03-29T18:35:37Z

Buffalo_Ken · 2024-03-29T18:39:47Z

If I was a young Israeli soldier forced into conscription and then some munitions out of nowhere seemingly unexpected started to be used against my brothers and sisters in arms and I witnessed direct their deaths with potentially body parts and organs all in disarray - well - let there be no denying - this would give me pause.

But what you expect - war is hell ain't it?

So, I concur with Rife above - ye shall reap what thee sows - in the here and now for the one witnessed the "unusual incident" that comes to no surprise to those of us discerning - in contrast with the zigaboos - who think they are "running the show" - oh how wrong they R.

How much evidence does it take that an "idea" is wrong and better ideas beckon?

How much evidence - does it take the complete elimination of all those who ascribe to the zigaboo ideology - or do they get a moment to disavow?

I'd prefer the latter, but there comes a moment when Justified Retribution MUST be delivered - for the sake of better ideas I put forth.

Respectfully and nobody ought have to be part of this suffering of this nature - it makes no sense.

Better ideas beckon.

BK

Buffalo_Ken · 2024-03-29T19:51:09Z

At the end of the day - given this "narrative" and that one - isn't what matters is that mothers and children and fathers as well get to live life in the place they call "home". So if this is something in the 21st century still causing confusion after lessons learned in the 20th century, then remember this - some lessons are only learned the hard way and dismiss all those trying to obfuscate cause the harm delivered upon Gaza is evidently 20th century in ideology and really in a way - nothing matters more than awareness of this and then a choice to refute it.

I refute the harm of the zigaboos and truly - Justified Retribution is on the way - only question left is whether it gets delivered with discriminate precision or if the human species has proven it is a failure - this must be what "Jesus" was think when he went down to hell.....but then he came back....still - one wonders - maybe he would have been better to just stay there - and let the human species prove it is failed in deed and in action - and seriously if you think killing babies and mommas in Gaza is justified, then Justified Retribution awaits not only you - it might await all of us - and such is life in the grand planet blue and green we all reside - most patient I reckon, but when a species proves it is not aware, then it proves - tis a failed species no doubt.

~

Go Wolfpack - in the mind of a wolf - the wolves fair predators - top tier - they can survive without the humans and if the humans lose their minds - then the wolves are likely better off without them - maybe a better species will come around soon enough....the wolves survive - the canines don't need the humans as much as the humans need the wolves is what I think.

I think this as well -

Yee shall reap what thee sows.

St.Ranger · 2024-03-29T21:45:33Z

i would not doubt , if some buddy told me , there is a dynamic hannibal directive to thin their numbers of "resistant to commit war crimes " conscientious soldiers .... y'know blah blah blah by way of deception .

just kidding ... This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental .

lo...l ?

bj0311 · 2024-03-30T12:59:10Z

Murphy's law (one of them) states "friendly fire isn't". I would make an exception here though.

Sadly, the next time it will be the same. Most people will do whatever they are told, whatever the consequences. In a way, I think there are...

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