The Israeli army said Monday three more soldiers had been killed in fighting in the Gaza Strip, raising the number of troop deaths there to 75 since the war began. All three died in northern Gaza on Sunday, the military said. The deaths brought the
total number of Israeli defence personnel killed since October 7 — among them those who died in the Hamas attacks themselves, and including soldiers, reservists, kibbutz guards and others — to 401.

Israel revises death toll from Oct. 7 Hamas attack to ‘around 1,200’

A spokesperson for Israel’s foreign ministry said on Friday that the death toll from the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on southern Israeli communities had been revised down to around 1,200 against a previous government estimate of 1,400. “Around 1,200 is the official number of victims of the October 7 massacre,” spokesperson Lior Haiat said in a written statement, adding that the figure had been updated on Thursday.