Forwarded from Mannie's War Room
The IDF announces the deaths of four soldiers killed during fighting in the Gaza Strip yesterday, bringing the toll of slain troops since the start of the ground offensive against Hamas to 180.
They are:
Sgt. Roi Tal, 19, of the Kfir Brigade’s Duchifat Battalion, from Kfar Yehoshua.
Sgt. First Class (res.) David Schwartz, 26, of the Combat Engineering Corps' 8219th Battalion, from Elazar.
Sgt. First Class (res.) Yakir Hexter, 26, of the Combat Engineering Corps' 8219th Battalion, from Elazar.
Sgt. First Class (res.) Gavriel Bloom, 27, a combat engineer in the 36th Division, from Beit Shemesh.
Tal was killed during a battle with Hamas operatives in southern Gaza; Schwartz and Hexter were killed by an RPG in the Khan Younis area, and another soldier of the 8219th Battalion was seriously wounded; Bloom was killed by explosives detonating in Bureij, and four other soldiers were seriously wounded in the same incident.
They are:
Sgt. Roi Tal, 19, of the Kfir Brigade’s Duchifat Battalion, from Kfar Yehoshua.
Sgt. First Class (res.) David Schwartz, 26, of the Combat Engineering Corps' 8219th Battalion, from Elazar.
Sgt. First Class (res.) Yakir Hexter, 26, of the Combat Engineering Corps' 8219th Battalion, from Elazar.
Sgt. First Class (res.) Gavriel Bloom, 27, a combat engineer in the 36th Division, from Beit Shemesh.
Tal was killed during a battle with Hamas operatives in southern Gaza; Schwartz and Hexter were killed by an RPG in the Khan Younis area, and another soldier of the 8219th Battalion was seriously wounded; Bloom was killed by explosives detonating in Bureij, and four other soldiers were seriously wounded in the same incident.