the death toll has risen to 31.645 dead and 73.676 injured since the start of operations by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in the Gaza Strip October 7, 2023, the day of the attack by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas in Israel. According to reports from the Israeli authorities, 13 militiamen were killed in the operations launched in Gaza, while a total of 590 Israeli soldiers died. Israeli sources quoted by the London-based Saudi newspaper “Al Sharq al Awsat” report