Five IDF soldiers slain in Gaza, bringing IDF wartime toll to 840
On Sunday, four IDF soldiers were killed, and six others were wounded when they were likewise struck by an explosive in the Beit Hanoun area.
On Sunday, four IDF soldiers were killed, and six others were wounded when they were likewise struck by an explosive in the Beit Hanoun area.
The soldiers were Sgt.-Maj. (res.) Alexander Fedorenko, St.-Sgt. Danila Diakov, Sgt. Yahav Maayan, and Sgt. Eliav Astuker.
The soldiers were killed by a large explosive fired at their tank in the northern Gaza city of Beit Hanoun.
Deaths of Dvir Revach, 28, and Eitan Shkenazi, 24, bring total number of IDF soldiers killed since October 7th to 827.
Critically injured by an RPG missile in Khan Yunis in December 2023, Saar fought for his life and triumphed, leaving the hospital exactly a year later, becoming an enduring inspiration for us.
The IDF observed a troubling increase in suspected suicides, rising from 14 in 2022 to 17 in 2023 and 21 in 2024, with most occurring after the war began.
The death toll among Israeli troops on all fronts since the Hamas-led massacre on Oct. 7, 2023, stands at 823.
His funeral was scheduled for Thursday at 3 p.m. local time at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem.
The three men were members of the Shimshon Battalion in the Kfir Brigade and were carrying out operations in Beit Lahiya at the time of their deaths.
The death toll among Israeli troops since the start of the Gaza ground incursion on Oct. 27 stands at 386, and at 818 on all fronts since the Hamas-led massacre on Oct. 7, 2023.
Earlier on Monday, the IDF announced the deaths of four soldiers killed in Southern Lebanon despite the ceasefire currently in effect.
Israeli forces have killed some two dozen Hezbollah terrorists since the start of the Nov. 27 Israel-Lebanon ceasefire.
Captain Neutra, a native of Long Island, New York, left home to serve in the IDF as a lone soldier. The IDF has now declared that he was killed in action on October 7th.
The fatality was identified as Staff Sgt. Zamir Burke, 20, a squad commander in the 401st Brigade’s 601st Combat Engineering Battalion, from Beit Shemesh.
In a separate incident on Tuesday, a reservist non-commissioned officer from the 8163rd Battalion of the Combat Engineering Corps was severely wounded during combat in the central Gaza Strip.
Brief was on life support for 413 days before succumbing to his injuries.
Three soldiers have been killed in the last two days while fighting Hezbollah.
A senior officer in the battalion was seriously wounded in the same incident, which occurred in the Beit Lahiya area.
Keinan had written his grandmother just two months ago that it would be “the greatest merit in the world” to die for his country.
His father, Col. (res.) Ilan Dickshtein, previously commanded the IDF’s Etzioni Brigade and the Golani Reconnaissance Battalion.