IDF announces two soldiers from Yahalom Unit, killed in Rafah
- On Saturday night in Rafah, Gaza, an explosion in a booby-trapped building claimed the lives of two members of the Yahalom Unit: 23-year-old Captain Noam Ravid and 20-year-old Staff Sergeant Yaly Seror.
- The soldiers were part of an operation involving searching a tunnel shaft inside the building, with reports unclear whether they entered it or stood at the entrance when the explosion occurred.
- Another Yahalom soldier was seriously injured in the incident, which occurred as Golani Brigade forces were operating inside a building in southern Gaza amid ongoing hostilities.
- Captain Noam Ravid, age 23, a resident of Sha'arei Tikva, and Sergeant Yaly Seror, 20, who lived in Omer, were confirmed killed by the IDF on Sunday morning following family notifications.
- Following the deaths, the IDF began calling up tens of thousands of reservists to increase operations in Gaza, with expansions taking place in stages as part of a broader military strategy.
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HY’D: Two IDF Soldiers Killed, Two Wounded in Booby-Trapped Tunnel Explosion in Rafah
RAFAH, Gaza — The Israeli military announced that two IDF soldiers were killed and two others wounded in a devastating explosion caused by a booby-trapped tunnel shaft in southern Gaza’s Rafah on Saturday. The fallen soldiers were identified as Captain Noam David, 23, from Sha’arei Tikva, and Staff Sergeant Yaly Seror, 20, from Omer. Both served in the elite Yahalom combat engineering unit, known for its specialized operations. According to an i…
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