<div><b><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The Israeli army early on Wednesday announced one more Israeli soldier was killed and another seriously injured in fighting with Palestinian groups in the central Gaza Strip.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>The Israeli public broadcaster KAN identified the slain soldier as Sgt. First Classm Elkana Newlander, 24, a combat medic in the 99th Division, who was killed in fighting yesterday in the central Gaza Strip.</div><div><br></div><div>A total of 186 Israeli soldiers have been killed in Gaza since the start of the Israeli ground operation in Gaza on Oct. 27.</div><div><br></div><div>The death toll of the Israeli army since the start of the Israeli onslaught against Gaza on Oct. 7 has risen to 520.</div><div><br></div><div>Israel has pounded the Gaza Strip since a cross-border attack by the Palestinian group Hamas on Oct. 7, killing at least 23,210 Palestinians, and injuring 59,167 others, mostly women and children, according to local health authorities.</div><div><br></div><div>Around 1,200 Israelis are believed to have been killed in the Hamas attack. - Anadolu Agency&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>