Hamas killed the commander of the 53rd Battalion in the Israeli occupation army, Lieutenant Colonel Salman Habka

The Israeli army announced that a senior officer was killed during the clashes in the Gaza Strip. Lieutenant Colonel Salman Habka, 33 years old, commander of the 53rd Battalion of the 188th Armored Brigade, was martyred during a clash with Hamas fighters in the northern Gaza Strip.

News worthy of attention from the battle line

While Israel, which responded to the Al-Aqsa Flood operation launched by Hamas on the morning of October 7, has been raining bombs on Gaza for 27 days, there was a noticeable development on the battle line today.

The highest-ranking soldier was killed since the beginning of the war

Lieutenant Colonel Salman Habka, commander of the 53rd Battalion of the 188th Armored Brigade of the Israeli army, was killed by Hamas militants. He became the highest rank the Israeli army lost since the beginning of the war.

Latest developments in the Israeli attacks on Gaza

Meanwhile, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas movement, launched a comprehensive attack on the morning of October 7, claiming to respond to “Israel’s ongoing violations against the Palestinians and their sacred values, especially Holy Jerusalem.” Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Israeli army launched intense air strikes on the Gaza Strip. Israeli officials announced that more than 1,400 Israelis, including 315 soldiers, were killed and 5,132 people were injured in the attacks carried out from Gaza. Confrontations in the Gaza Strip rose from October 31 to 16.

Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hajari indicated that there are 240 Israeli prisoners in the hands of the Qassam Brigades in Gaza. The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza reported that 8,796 Palestinians, including 3,648 children and 2,290 women, were martyred and 22,219 people were injured in Israeli attacks.

In attacks launched by Israeli forces and Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank, 130 Palestinians were martyred and about two thousand Palestinians were injured. The Israeli military began expanding its limited ground operations in Gaza on October 26, and increased the frequency of air strikes. The Israeli army also targeted Al-Shifa Hospital, the largest health facility in Gaza that houses thousands of wounded and civilians. In clashes between the Israeli army and Hezbollah since October 8, 48 Hezbollah members and four Israeli soldiers were killed.