“More than 5,000 wounded soldiers arrived in hospitals in Israel,” the daily Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported.
Over 5,000 Israeli soldiers have been wounded in Gaza since the beginning of the war on October 7, with more than 2,000 officially recognized by the Israeli Ministry of Defense as disabled, an Israeli newspaper revealed on Saturday.
According to the daily newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, more than 58 percent of those injured suffered serious harm to their hands and feet, necessitating amputations.
“More than 5,000 wounded soldiers arrived in hospitals in Israel,” the daily Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported.
“Over 2,000 were officially recognized by the (Israeli) Ministry of Defense as disabled,” the daily added.
“We have never experienced anything similar to this. More than 58 percent of the wounded we receive have serious injuries to their hands and feet, including amputations,” Limor Luria, deputy director general and head of Israel’s Ministry of Defense’s Rehabilitation Department, told the newspaper.
“About 12 percent of injuries are internal, consisting of damage to the spleen, kidneys, and rupture of internal organs,” Luria added.
Moreover, according to the Israeli official, “about 7 percent suffer from psychological distress, a number we know will rise sharply,” the official said.
The Israeli army said at least 420 soldiers have been killed since the outbreak of the Gaza conflict on October 7.
The number of Palestinians killed in the Israeli war on Gaza since October 7 has reached 17,490, including 7,870 children and 6,121 women, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza. 46,480 were wounded.
(PC, ANADOLU)