The Israeli occupation army acknowledged the killing of Colonel Assaf Hamami, commander of the Southern Brigade in the Gaza Division, on the Great Crossing Day of last October 7, which was carried out by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas).

The occupation army said in a statement published on the “X” platform that Colonel Assaf Hamami (41 years old), commander of the Southern Brigade of the Gaza Division, from Kiryat Ono (center), was killed on October 7, and his body was kept in the Gaza Strip.< /p>

The statement indicated that officials in the occupation army notified the officer’s family of his death, thus bringing to four the number of bodies of soldiers detained in the Gaza Strip, all of whom were killed on the first day of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood.

With the announcement of the killing of Colonel Hamami, the announced death toll of occupation soldiers since the beginning of the aggression rises to 396 dead, according to data from the occupation army.

On November 28, the occupation army published the names of 3 of its soldiers, saying that they were “killed and Hamas keeps their bodies in Gaza.”

The army said, at the time, that the bodies detained in Gaza belonged to Tomer Yaakov Ahimas (20 years old), Sergeant Kirill Brodsky (19 years old), and Sergeant Shaked Dahan (19 years old), according to the same statement.

A temporary truce between the Palestinian resistance factions and Israel ended on Friday morning, concluded with Qatari-Egyptian mediation, and lasted 7 days, during which detainees and prisoners were exchanged and humanitarian aid was brought into Gaza, before the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip was renewed.