The son of Israel’s former army chief Gadi Eisenkot, who is currently a minister in the country’s war cabinet, has been killed in Gaza, the military says. It says 25-year-old Major Gal Eisenkot died in northern Gaza on Thursday. PM Benjamin Netanyahu said he and his wife were “broken-hearted”, and that Gal Eisenkot was a “true hero”. Hamas officials in Gaza say it has killed more than 17,000 people, mainly civilians, with thousands more missing under rubble. The fate of an entire nation in one hug.”The IDF also said that another soldier – named as Sgt Maj Jonathan David Deitch, 34 – was killed in southern Gaza on Thursday.

Source: Nigerian Tribune December 08, 2023 13:27 UTC