JERUSALEM

The Israeli army said Wednesday that 17 more soldiers had been injured in the Gaza Strip in the last 24 hours. 

Figures released by the army showed that 1,076 soldiers had been wounded since Israel expanded its ground offensive in the Palestinian territory on Oct. 27

According to the figures, 520 soldiers have been killed and 2,482 others injured since the outbreak of the Gaza conflict on Oct. 7.

Israel has pounded the Palestinian enclave since a cross-border attack by the Palestinian group Hamas on Oct. 7, killing at least 23,357 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injuring 59,410 others, according to local health authorities. Around 1,200 Israelis are believed to have been killed in the Hamas offensive.

About 85% of Gazans have been displaced, while all of them are food insecure, according to the UN. Hundreds of thousands of people are living without shelter, and ⁠less than half of aid trucks are entering the territory than before the start of the conflict.

*Writing by Mohammad Sio