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Is Israel hiding thousands of soldier deaths in Gaza?

While speaking at the Ministry of Defense Work Programs Conference on Sunday, 2 February, Israel's newly appointed Chief of Staff, Eyal Zamir, admitted that the number of Israeli soldiers killed and wounded in Gaza is significantly higher than what the army has officially reported.

While the Israeli military claims that 844 soldiers have been killed and 5,696 wounded since the war began on 7 October 2023, Zamir stated that there are at least 5,942 registered "bereaved families"—a term used exclusively for families of fallen soldiers. He also revealed that over 15,000 soldiers have been absorbed into the rehabilitation system due to physical and psychological injuries, reinforcing suspicions that Israel has been deliberately underreporting its military casualties.

This is not the first time such discrepancies have been exposed. Haaretz reported in December 2023 that while the Israeli army claimed only 1,593 soldiers were wounded between October and December, hospital records showed the actual number was 10,548. The newspaper also noted in 2024 that about 1,000 wounded soldiers were being admitted to rehabilitation centers every month.