The IDF on announced the deaths of five more soldiers in battles in the Gaza Strip, raising the death toll of the ground operation to 172 and the death toll since October 7th to 506.
The soldiers were identified as:
-Master Sgt. (res.) Constantine Sushko, 30, of Tel Aviv of the Combat Engineering Corps’ 7086th Battalion. He fell in battle over Shabbos in the central Gaza Strip.
-Captain Harel Ittah, 22, of Netanya, a team commander in the Givati Brigade. He succumbed to his wounds on Shabbos after being injured on December 22 in a battle in the southern Gaza Strip.
-Captain (res.) Harel Sharvit, 33, from Kochav Ya’akov, a combat officer in the 7008 battalion, the ‘Hafti Hash’ formation (551), fell in battle in the north of the Gaza
– Sgt. Maj. (res.) Eliraz Gabai, 37, of Petach Tikvah, of the Yiftach Brigade’s 7810th Battalion.
– Sgt. First Class (res.) Liav Seada, 23, of Tiveria, of the Combat Engineering Corps’ 7107th Battalion.
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