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According to official Israeli counts, these are the Israeli soldiers killed in June

The Al-Qassam Brigades carried out a complex operation in Gaza. (Photo: Video recording)

From the Palestine Chronicle editorial board

Even by moderate Israeli assessments, June was a difficult month for the Israeli military, especially after it had previously declared that it was ready to enter another phase of the war.

Due to a news blackout, Israel is not disclosing the true extent of its losses on the military fields either on the Gaza front or on the Lebanese border.

Israel’s attempts to keep the true number of its casualties secret are often undermined by videos released by the Palestinian and Israeli resistance movements showing tanks being blown up, soldiers being shot at, and military helicopters carrying dead and injured to Israeli hospitals.

But even by moderate Israeli assessments, June was a difficult month for the Israeli military, especially after it had previously declared that it was ready to enter another phase of its fight against Palestinian and Arab resistance.

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Al Jazeera quoted Official Israeli figures on the number of Israeli soldiers killed in June and the circumstances under which they were killed.

This is some of the information released by the Israeli military itself:

June 5: A Hezbollah drone attack on a gathering of soldiers in Harfaish kills a soldier.

June 6: A soldier is killed in an armed clash behind the front lines in Rafah.

June 8: An officer from the Al-Yamam special forces is killed during an operation to recover four prisoners from the Nuseirat area in central Gaza. (The Israeli attack killed 272 Palestinians and injured nearly 800.)

June 10: Four soldiers are killed in an ambush on a booby-trapped building in the center of Rafah.

June 15: Eight soldiers are killed in the bombing of a troop carrier in Rafah. Two soldiers are killed when an explosive device detonates in a tank in central Gaza, and one soldier sustains injuries sustained in the bombing of a booby-trapped building in Rafah on June 10.

June 16: A soldier is killed in fighting in Rafah.

June 21: Two soldiers are killed by mortar shells in central Gaza.

June 22: A settler is killed in a gun attack in Qalqilya in the West Bank.

June 22: A soldier is killed in fighting in Rafah.

June 27: The commander of the Kfir Brigade sniper unit is killed by an explosive device in Jenin.

June 28: A soldier is shot dead by a Palestinian sniper during fighting in Rafah.

June 29: Two soldiers are killed in fighting in the Shejaiya district east of Gaza City.

(The Palestine Chronicle)