This morning the Ministry of Defense publishes the data pertaining to soldiers who fell in battle from the beginning of the war.
From the beginning of the war until today, 890 Israeli soldiers have fallen: 808 soldiers of the IDF - of which 43 were members of observation squads, alongside 75 police of the Israel Police and 7 members of the Shin Bet.
About half of those who fell - 374 are under the age of 21 and in compulsory service. 272 of them are 22-30 years old, 143 of them are 31-39 years old and another 101 are 40 years old or older. Most of those who fall are men - 835 and 55 women. 629 are bachelors and 261 of them are married, leaving behind 306 widows, 645 orphans and 7 fiancees.
Since the 10/7, 6 senior officers have fallen in the rank of lieutenant colonels, 3 of them in the battles of 10/7.