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At least 169 Israeli soldiers have been killed in fighting with Palestinian Islamist group Hamas after its militants launched a shock cross-border attack.
This was disclosed by the army on Wednesday.
According to the military spokesman Daniel Hagari he said the families of 169 fallen IDF soldiers, have been informed, adding that the families of 60 people abducted and taken to Gaza have also been contacted.
Hagari said no new infiltration by Gaza militants had been reported over the past two days but added that hundreds of bodies of slain gunmen had still not been cleared from the border.
