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Gallant on deaths of soldiers: Hard and painful blow, but we are ready for a long campaign
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Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks to elite Air Force soldiers at the Palmachim airbase, October 31, 2023. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant issues a statement on the deaths of nine soldiers killed in fighting in northern Gaza.
“The fall of IDF fighters in the battles against Hamas terrorists in Gaza is a hard and painful blow. Our hearts and thoughts are with their dear families,” Gallant says.
“The significant achievements of the heavy fighting in the depths of the Gaza Strip unfortunately exact a heavy price,” the defense minister says.
“We are prepared and ready for a long and complex campaign that requires courage, determination and perseverance — we will win,” he says.
The deaths take the number of troops killed in fighting in the enclave to 11 since the start of the war.
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