The IDF names the eighth soldier killed in Saturday’s blast in southern Gaza’s Rafah.
He is named as Sgt. Shalom Menachem, 21, of the Combat Engineering Corps’ 601st Battalion, from Beit El.
Additionally, the IDF announces the death of another soldier killed today in Rafah.
Abraham, 22, of the Nahal Brigade’s reconnaissance unit. (Israel Defense Forces)
The IDF names the eighth soldier killed in Saturday’s blast in southern Gaza’s Rafah.
He is named as Sgt. Shalom Menachem, 21, of the Combat Engineering Corps’ 601st Battalion, from Beit El.
Additionally, the IDF announces the death of another soldier killed today in Rafah.Promoted: Jerusalem Institute of JusticeKeep Watching
He is named as Staff Sgt. Tzur Abraham, 22, of the Nahal Brigade’s reconnaissance unit, from Modi’in.
In the same incident, a reservist officer serving as a field interrogator with the Intelligence Directorate’s Unit 504 was seriously wounded, and another two soldiers were moderately hurt, the military says.
Abraham’s death brings the toll of slain troops in the ground offensive against Hamas and in operations on the Gaza border to 312. The toll includes a police officer killed in a hostage rescue mission. A civilian Defense Ministry contractor was also killed in the Strip.
