A Hebrew news website revealed on Friday that dozens of Israeli soldiers were killed and wounded by “friendly fire” during ground battles in the Gaza Strip, in its second report in this regard during the day, which will increase pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The Ynet news website said, “In recognition of the sensitivity towards bereaved families and the ongoing fighting, the army reduces the focus on losses caused by friendly fire,” adding, “However, during the ceasefire (the temporary truce that lasted a week and ended in early December... The first ongoing investigation, the army conducted multiple preliminary investigations into these incidents, then held interrogation sessions and exchanged lessons learned with many of the commanders involved in the operations.

He pointed out that, “So far, friendly fire and operational accidents during ground operations have led to the death or injury of dozens of soldiers,” continuing, “The army acknowledged that these incidents are partly due to flawed operational practices, which were corrected during the ceasefire,” according to the website. .

He pointed out, “To prevent similar incidents, the army has provided various technological solutions, such as drones designed to determine the locations of forces and distinguish the boundaries between thousands of soldiers engaged in one of the most densely populated combat zones in the world.”

According to the Hebrew website, “The army reported that during the war there was an unprecedented level of cooperation and air support for the ground forces,” adding that “more than 10,000 direct support strikes have been carried out since the start of ground operations, based on requests from battalion and brigade commanders.”< /p>

He continued, "Despite the great risks involved in these strikes, most of them were carried out without any incidents."

Earlier on Friday, Ynet revealed that an Israeli soldier was killed in the Gaza Strip, by friendly fire coming from an Israeli helicopter.

He said, “In recent days, an Israeli Air Force helicopter attacked a house containing soldiers in the Gaza Strip, by mistake, which led to the death of one of them,” without specifying the location or time of the incident.

The site explained that the incident occurred when “the ground forces asked the Apache helicopter pilots for air support against the militants who were discovered nearby.” The two pilots responded, but apparently, due to incorrect firing from the ground, they attacked the building in which they were located. Soldiers."

In turn, the Israeli Broadcasting Authority announced, on Friday, that 91 soldiers and officers were killed in the ground battles in the Gaza Strip that began on October 27.

On Friday morning, the Israeli army announced the killing of two soldiers in battles in the Gaza Strip, bringing its official death toll to 418 since the beginning of the war on October 7, without mentioning any deaths among its ranks as a result of friendly fire.

Since October 7, the Israeli army has been waging a devastating war on the Gaza Strip, which as of Thursday has left 17,177 martyrs, 46,000 wounded, massive infrastructure destruction and an “unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe,” according to official Palestinian and UN sources.