Afghanistan, July 16 -- According to reports, 454 Israeli soldiers have lost their lives since the start of the ground operation in Gaza. The military continues investigating the causes behind the fatalities, as tensions escalate.
On Tuesday, The Times of Israel reported that three Israeli soldiers were killed in an explosion of a tank in northern Gaza. This brings the total number of Israeli army casualties since the start of the ground operation in the Gaza Strip to 454.
According to the report, the Israeli army initially investigated a possible anti-tank rocket attack by Hamas as the likely cause of the explosion. However, hours after the incident, the possibility of a technical malfunction in one of the tank shells and an internal exp...