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The Israeli Defense Forces faced a bloody weekend as eight soldiers were killed in Rafah, southern Gaza. This was the deadliest incident for the IDF in six months. In northern Gaza, two soldiers were killed and another who was injured on Monday succumbed to his wounds.
Those who perished in Rafah are Eliyahu Moshe Zimbalist, 21, from Beit Shemesh; Itay Amar, 19, from Kochav Yair; Stanislav Kostarev, 21, from Ashdod; Or Blumovitz, 20, from Pardes Hanna-Karkur; Oz Yeshaya Gruber, 20, from Tal Menashe; Wassem Mahmoud, 23, from the Druze town of Beit Jann.
Those who perished in Rafah are Eliyahu Moshe Zimbalist, 21, from Beit Shemesh; Itay Amar, 19, from Kochav Yair; Stanislav Kostarev, 21, from Ashdod; Or Blumovitz, 20, from Pardes Hanna-Karkur; Oz Yeshaya Gruber, 20, from Tal Menashe; Wassem Mahmoud, 23, from the Druze town of Beit Jann.
Their deaths were apparently killed when an explosive device struck their Namer armored combat engineering vehicle early Saturday following a night of combat in Rafah's Tel Sultan neighborhood. It was reported that the IDF's 401st Armored Brigade killed about 50 terrorists.
This attack was the deadliest for the military since a January incident where 21 soldiers died following Hamas fire that collapsed two buildings.
This attack was the deadliest for the military since a January incident where 21 soldiers died following Hamas fire that collapsed two buildings.
The soldiers in North Gaza were killed when their tank was hit by an explosive device. They were Eitan Koplovich, 28, from Jerusalem, and Elon Weiss, 49, from Psagot.
The IDF announced last night that another soldier, injured on Monday in a booby-trapped building – where four of his comrades were killed – has succumbed to his wounds. He is Yair Roitman, 19, from Karnei Shomron. The military death toll now stands at 311.
May their memory be a blessing and may they rest in peace.
Am Yisrael Chai!
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