The Israeli army did not provide any details about the death of Gal Meir Eisenkot
Benny Gantz
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Portal The son of Israeli minister and former military chief Gadi Eisenkot was killed in fighting in the Gaza Strip, Benny Gantz, leader of the National Unity Party, said on Thursday.
Eisenkot and Gantz’s party members, also a former army chief, joined Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government shortly after the deadly Oct. 7 Hamas attack that triggered an Israeli air, land and sea offensive in the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli army did not provide details about the death of 25yearold Gal Meir Eisenkot, saying only that he was killed in combat in the northern Gaza Strip.
In a message of condolence, Netanyahu said he was heartbroken.
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According to Israeli calculations, Israel has vowed to destroy the militant Palestinian Islamist group Hamas after its fighters killed 1,200 people and kidnapped another 240 as hostages in Gaza.
According to the local health ministry, more than 17,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since October 7 and around 1.9 million people 85% of the population have been displaced.