US EditionTwo IDF Soldiers Killed, Several Wounded in Southern Gaza Fighting
- Two Israeli soldiers, Yishai Elyakim Urbach and Yam Frid, lost their lives during combat operations in Rafah, located in southern Gaza, on Thursday.
- The deaths followed two separate attacks in Rafah’s Jenina neighborhood where Hamas fighters first fired an RPG at a troop-occupied building, causing its partial collapse.
- Urbach, 20, lost his life in the collapse of a building, while approximately two hours later, Frid, 21, was killed when an explosive device detonated near the armored vehicle he was traveling in.
- The incidents wounded at least six other soldiers, with multiple injuries classified as serious, and the IDF confirmed the total wartime death toll has reached 856 since October 2023.
- Prime Minister Netanyahu offered condolences, emphasizing their "heroism and bravery," while the events underscore ongoing intense confrontations in southern Gaza between Israeli forces and Palestinian fighters.
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Two IDF soldiers killed six wounded in southern Gaza fighting
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Two soldiers KIA in Gaza, bringing IDF wartime toll to 856
Eight hundred and fifty-six Israeli soldiers have been killed since Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attacks on the northwestern Negev. By Charles Bybelezer, JNS Two Israel Defense Forces soldiers were killed fighting Palestinian terrorists in the southern Gaza Strip, the military announced on Friday. The slain men were identified as Sgt. Yishai Elyakim Urbach, 20, of the Combat Engineering Corps’ 605th Battalion, from Zikhron Ya’akov, and Staff …
Two Israeli soldiers killed in southern Gaza's Rafah, IDF announces
The two soldiers were named as Sergeant Yishai Elyakim Urbach, 20, and Staff Sergeant Yam Frid, 21, whom Netanyahu said 'fell defending our country in an existential war.' Several other IDF soldiers were wounded in the incidents in which the two soldiers fell.
Yishai Elyakim Orbach and Yam Fried fell in two separate incidents in the Rafah area south of Gaza
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