A bloody day in the Gaza Strip. The IDF allows the publication of the names of eight IDF fallen soldiers whose families have been notified.
In the incident in which an anti-tank missile was fired at an engineering corps officer, the following were killed:
Staff Sgt. David Bogdanovskyi, 19, of Haifa – 603rd (Lahav/Blade) Combat Engineering Battalion, 7th (Storm from the Golan) Armored Brigade. Fell in combat in the southern Gaza Strip.
Staff Sgt. Orel Bashan, 20, of Haifa - 603rd (Lahav/Blade) Combat Engineering Battalion, 7th (Storm from the Golan) Armored Brigade. Fell in combat in the southern Gaza Strip.
Staff Sgt. Gal Hershko, 20, of Kibbutz Yiftah - 603rd (Lahav/Blade) Combat Engineering Battalion, 7th (Storm from the Golan) Armored Brigade. Fell in combat in the southern Gaza Strip.
Staff Sgt. Itamar Shemen, 21, of Lapid – Combat Paramedic in the 36th (Ga’ash) Division, in combat with the 77th Battalion, 7th (Storm from the Golan) Armored Brigade. Fell in combat in the southern Gaza Strip.
In the battle in which the fighters of the 7th Armored Brigade fell, two other fighters were seriously injured.
In the incident in which a military vehicle ran over an explosive charge, the following were killed:
Master Sgt.(res.) Nadav Issachar Farhi, 30, of Herzliya – Battalion 7810, 11th (Yiftah) Brigade. Fell in combat in the central Gaza Strip.
Master Sergeant (res.) Eliyahu Meir Ohana, 28, of Haifa - Battalion 7810, 11th (Yiftah) Brigade. Fell in combat in the central Gaza Strip.
Also, in the battle in which the fighters from the 7810 battalion fell, a fighter in the reserves was seriously injured.
Two fighters were killed in the explosion of a building trapped with terrorists
Sgt. 1st Class (res.) Elyassaf Shoshan, 23, of Jerusalem – Battalion 6646, 646th Reserve Paratroopers Brigade. Fell in combat in the central Gaza Strip.
Sgt. 1st Class (res.) Ohad Ashur, 23, of Kfar Yona - Battalion 6646, 646th Reserve Paratroopers Brigade. Fell in combat in the central Gaza Strip.
In addition, in the battle in which the fighters from 6646th Battalion fell, three other fighters were seriously injured.
This brought the number of IDF fallen soldiers since the beginning of the war to 485.