The Israeli army announced today (Tuesday) that the number of prisoners held by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the Gaza Strip is 240 people.

Army spokesman Daniel Hagari said during his daily briefing, “So far, we have notified 240 families of the kidnapped,” adding that “some of them are not citizens of Israel, which makes identifying them difficult.”

Hagari also pointed out that the death toll of the Israeli army since the outbreak of the war on the Gaza Strip on October 7 has so far reached 315 dead.

The spokesman said in this regard, "So far, 315 families of the killed Israeli army soldiers have been notified."

On the other hand, Hagari said that the military systems detected an “air target” approaching Israel and warnings were activated, stressing that the matter “does not constitute a threat or danger” without further details.

Regarding the situation on the border between Israel and Lebanon, the spokesman said that last night, Israeli warplanes destroyed infrastructure (facility) belonging to Hezbollah, adding, “Our policy is clear. We will respond to every attempt to harm us, and we will eliminate every cell that tries to fire or infiltrate our lands.”

On the seventh of this month, Israel declared a state of war for the first time in fifty years, and launched Operation “Iron Swords” against the Gaza Strip after Hamas launched an unprecedented attack under the name “Al-Aqsa Flood,” during which its fighters stormed Israeli towns adjacent to the Strip.

In light of the war in the Gaza Strip, for three weeks the Lebanese-Israeli border has witnessed an exchange of bombing and shooting between Hezbollah and Palestinian movements on the one hand and the Israeli army on the other, which led to deaths and injuries and the displacement of thousands of residents from the Lebanese border towns.