3 more troops killed in battles in Gaza

The IDF announced Tuesday that three more soldiers had been killed in fighting in the Gaza Strip, bringing the toll of slain troops since the start of the ground operation to 161 as battles intensified in the central Strip between troops and Hamas’s al-Bureij battalion.

Report informs via foreign media that separately, another five soldiers were badly injured in the battles.

The deceased soldiers were named as:

Master Sgt. (res.) Maor Lavi, 33, of the Bislamach Brigade’s 450th Battalion, from Susya.
Cpt. Shay Shamriz, 26, a company commander in the Nahal Brigade’s 931st Battalion, from Merkaz Shapira.
Cpt. (res.) Shaul Greenglick, 26, of the Nahal Brigade’s 931st Battalion, from Ra’anana.