The military has announced the deaths of four Israeli soldiers during fighting against Hamas in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighborhood this morning.
The soldiers are listed as:
Sgt. Itay Livny, 19, of the Nahal Brigade’s 931st Battalion, from Ramat Hasharon;
Sgt. Yosef Dassa, 19, of the Nahal Brigade’s 931st Battalion, from Kiryat Bialik;
Sgt. Ermiyas Mekuriyaw, 19, of the Nahal Brigade’s 931st Battalion, from Beersheba;
Sgt. Daniel Levy, 19, of the Nahal Brigade’s 931st Battalion, from Kiryat Motzkin.
They were killed by explosive devices in an alleyway. An officer and a soldier from the 931st Battalion were seriously wounded in the same incident.
Their deaths bring the toll of slain troops in the IDF’s ground offensive in Gaza and amid operations on the border to 271.
