Another Givati soldier was killed in the Gaza Strip yesterday, the Israeli authorities say, Report informs via The Times of Israel.
The Ramat Hanegev Regional Council in a statement says Staff Sgt. Roi Sargosti, from the Ha’Roa Farm was killed battling Hamas terrorists.
The Israel Defense Forces has not yet cleared his name for publication, as it generally waits for all family members to be notified.
Sargosti is the 13th soldier to have been killed in the IDF’s ground operation in the Gaza Strip.
The Israel Defense Forces announces the deaths of another nine soldiers killed fighting Hamas terrorists in the northern part of the Gaza Strip yesterday, Report informs via The Times of Israel.
The soldiers aged from 19 to 24 were from Jerusalem, Yagur, Yavne, Dimona, Oranit, Nili, Tel Aviv and Herzliya.
Two of the soldiers served in the 77th Battalion of the 7th Armored Brigade, while the rest of the soldiers were part of the Givati Infantry Brigade’s Tzabar Battalion.
The Givati soldiers were killed after an armored vehicle they were in was hit by an anti-tank guided missile fired by Hamas. Another four soldiers were wounded in the same incident, including one seriously.
The 77th Battalion soldiers were killed after their tank drove over an explosive device. Another two soldiers were seriously hurt in the same incident.
Yesterday, the IDF announced that two Givati soldiers were killed during separate clashes in the Gaza Strip.
Also in the past day, another soldier from Givati’s Rotem Battalion was seriously wounded in separate clashes with terrorists in the Gaza Strip, the IDF says.