Jerusalem, July 25 (Telam) -.

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Jerusalem, July 25 (Telam) -. The Israeli military said this afternoon of the death of another soldier in combat in an operation in northern Gaza, bringing to 33 the number of soldiers killed since the start of the current military offensive in the Gaza Strip. The soldier, 33, a reservist from the town of Rehovot, near Tel Aviv, was killed today and his family was notified of his death, said a military statement carried by news agency EFE. The authorities give another Israeli soldier missing since early Sunday when the armored vehicle in which he was traveling was attacked with an antitank Granada and last seen in Shahaíya neighborhood, west of the capital of Gaza, and that was before included in the list of the dead. In addition, three civilians, two Israelis and a Thai, have died since the start of the operation today 18 days ago by the impact of a rocket or mortar shell fired from the Gaza militias. In the last hours, armed groups in Gaza fired several salvos of rockets into Tel Aviv metropolitan area, several of which were intercepted by the missile batteries. From midnight last night, at least 21 rockets were fired at Israel, of which a dozen fell in Israeli territory, and seven interceptions, the Israeli army said in a statement. Israel stands at 843 rockets fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza on its soil since the start of the operation "Edge Protector", which aims to destroy the ability of Hamas to carry out attacks against Israeli targets. As part of this major operation, more than 65,000 Israeli reservists were called to the ranks, the Army informed. It also claims to have attacked since midnight "45 sites of terrorist activity", including lists of military command posts including internal security officers and Hamas senior member of the Islamist group Raat Habat. The Israeli army said it had also reached Salah Abu Hasim, a member of the Military Council of the Islamic Jihad, in the southern Gaza Strip. The Ministry of Health in Gaza this morning raised the number Palestinians killed in Israel's military operation to 820, most of them civilians, the wounded and 5,237 after the recent bombing of the Israeli Army. (Telam) hr-agf 25/07/2014 10:10