{"id":2023,"date":"2026-04-13T05:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T05:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/?p=2023"},"modified":"2026-04-13T05:00:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T05:00:24","slug":"idf-names-8th-soldier-killed-in-rafah-blast-yesterday-announces-death-of-soldier-killed-earlier-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/?p=2023","title":{"rendered":"IDF names 8th soldier killed in Rafah blast yesterday, announces death of soldier killed earlier today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The IDF names the eighth soldier killed in Saturday\u2019s blast in southern Gaza\u2019s Rafah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is named as Sgt. Shalom Menachem, 21, of the Combat Engineering Corps\u2019 601st Battalion, from Beit El.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, the IDF announces the death of another soldier killed today in Rafah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled-design-13-640x400-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled-design-13-640x400-1.webp 640w, https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled-design-13-640x400-1-300x188.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Abraham, 22, of the Nahal Brigade&#8217;s reconnaissance unit. (Israel Defense Forces)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The IDF names the eighth soldier killed in Saturday\u2019s blast in southern Gaza\u2019s Rafah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is named as Sgt. Shalom Menachem, 21, of the Combat Engineering Corps\u2019 601st Battalion, from Beit El.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, the IDF announces the death of another soldier killed today in Rafah.Promoted: Jerusalem Institute of JusticeKeep Watching<video playsinline=\"\" muted=\"\" src=\"blob:https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/f1f9cc0e-617b-4394-82c4-3b11080976e3\"><\/video><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is named as Staff Sgt. Tzur Abraham, 22, of the Nahal Brigade\u2019s reconnaissance unit, from Modi\u2019in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the same incident, a reservist officer serving as a field interrogator with the Intelligence Directorate\u2019s Unit 504 was seriously wounded, and another two soldiers were moderately hurt, the military says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abraham\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IDF names the eighth soldier killed in Saturday\u2019s blast in southern Gaza\u2019s Rafah. He is named as Sgt. Shalom Menachem, 21, of the Combat Engineering Corps\u2019 601st Battalion, from &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2023"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2025,"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023\/revisions\/2025"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}