Sergeant First Class (Res.) Idan Kenan, 21, from Ramat Gan, a soldier in the 90th Battalion of the Kfir Brigade, was killed in combat in the northern Gaza Strip, the IDF cleared for publication on Sunday morning. His family has been notified.
Kenan’s death brings the total number of IDF soldiers fallen since the war’s onset to 796.
The announcement follows other tragic losses in recent days. On Saturday night, the IDF reported that Sergeant Ori Nisanovich, 21, from Jerusalem, fell during combat in southern Lebanon. A member of the 13th Battalion in the Golani Brigade, Nisanovich’s family has also been informed.
Earlier in the week, the IDF cleared for publication the death of Lieutenant Ivri Dickshtein, 21, from Elazar. Dickshtein, who grew up in Eli in the Binyamin Region and later lived in Gush Etzion, served as a platoon commander in the 51st Battalion of the Golani Brigade.
