The IDF has reported the deaths of two soldiers during fighting in the northern Gaza Strip on January 16th. Their names are as follows:
Reserve Petty Officer Zechariah Pesach Haber, 32, from Jerusalem, a member of the 87th Battalion, 14th HaMachats Brigade.
Reserve Sergeant Major Yair Katz, 34, from Holon, also a member of the 87th Battalion, 14th HaMachats Brigade.
Additionally, during a battle in the north of the Gaza Strip, a reservist from the 52nd battalion of the 401st Iqvot HaBarzel brigade was seriously wounded, and a military medic reservist from the 6261st battalion of the 261st brigade (officer corps) was seriously wounded near the Gaza border.
From October 31st to January 17th, a total of 192 IDF soldiers have been killed during the ground operation in Gaza.
Since October 7th, 526 IDF soldiers have been killed in the Black Saturday terrorist attacks and the subsequent War of Iron Swords.
