At least 80 Israelis, most of them soldiers taking part in offensives in southern Lebanon or Gaza, have been killed by the Hezbollah and Hamas groups this month, Anadolu reports.
In a comment on the figure, Israeli Army Radio dubbed the month “black October,” as 64 soldiers and police, along with 16 civilians, were killed in either southern Lebanon and Gaza or in attacks inside Israel or rocket attacks from Lebanon and Iraq.
The broadcaster said 33 soldiers were killed in southern Lebanon, while 16 were killed in the Gaza Strip.
In addition to the 16 civilians, other soldiers and police officers were killed in attacks inside Israel, including a drone strike by Lebanese group Hezbollah that killed four soldiers in an army base near the central city of Binyamina on Oct 13, while two soldiers perished in another attack by an Iraqi group on Oct 4.
