Fighting in Gaza, the situation of civilians and more

Idan Amedi, one of Israel’s best-known actors and presenters, was seriously injured during the fighting in Gaza, according to his family and the hospital where he is being treated.

Amedi, of Kurdish origin, is a well-known singer and one of the stars of the hit Netflix series “Fauda,” in which he plays a member of the Israeli army’s special forces unit.

Amedi is in critical condition in the ICU of the Sheba Tel Hashomer Medical Center in central Israel, a center spokesman said.

Idan Amedi, second from right, in the Netflix series “Fauda.” appeared in (Netflix)

The Israeli website Walla! But his father says, “His life is not in danger.”

Shortly before being wounded, Amedi spoke to an Israeli television channel about the war in Gaza.

“What they (Hamas) have done here is crazy,” he told Channel 12. “The operation here is on the very central route (Hamas tunnels). Here we find kilometers of tunnels, weapons, even special weapons. “We have been busy trying to destroy them for the last two days.”

CNN cannot independently verify operational details reported by the Israeli military.

Digits: On Monday, nine Israeli soldiers were killed in central and southern Gaza, in one of the deadliest days for Israeli forces since the start of Israel’s military offensive in the enclave, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said.

According to official counts, 185 IDF soldiers have been killed in fighting in Gaza since October 7.

The figure is dwarfed by the massive Palestinian death toll in Gaza, where at least 22,835 people have been killed in Israeli strikes since October 7, according to a statement issued Monday by the Palestinian Health Ministry in Ramallah, which drew figures from Hamas-controlled sources. Enclave

According to the ministry, another 58,416 people have been injured, meaning more than one in 40 Palestinians in Gaza have been injured in the war.

CNN’s Ivana Kottasova, Karim Khaddar and Richard Allen Green contributed reporting to this publication.