The spokesperson for the Israeli army authorized the announcement on Sunday of the death of Sergeant Nerya Belete fighting in the Givati reconnaissance unit, who fell in combat in the south of the Gaza Strip.
Furthermore, an officer and two soldiers from the Givati unit were seriously injured in the fighting in the south of the strip.
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Two hundred and thirty-nine Israeli soldiers have died since the start of the ground operation launched by the IDF in the Gaza Strip on October 27.
During a raid on Gaza's Zeytun neighborhood on Saturday, Major Eyal Shuminov of the Givati Brigade was tragically killed by an anti-tank missile on Saturday.
The incident occurred when IDF forces identified a Hamas terrorist on the roof of a building and subsequently eliminated him.
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Major Shuminov, a company commander in the Shaked Battalion (424) of the Givati Brigade, hailed from Karmiel and was just 24 years old at the time of his death.
This article was first published by i24NEWS.
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