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 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 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.
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.
A senior officer in the battalion was seriously wounded in the same incident, which occurred in the Beit Lahiya area.
Friedman, who served with the Nahal Brigade’s 932nd Battalion, was from Or Yehuda in central Israel.