The Israel Defense Force has announced the death of Sergeant Michael Ruzal, 18, from the Nahal Brigade's 931st Battalion in Rishon Lezion, as the fourth soldier killed in the Hamas-claimed rocket attack near Kerem Shalom in southern Israel.
The IDF had previously confirmed the deaths of three other soldiers in the same attack:
First Sergeant Ruben Marc Mordechai Assouline, 19, from Ra'anana
First Sergeant Ido Testa, 19, from Jerusalem
First Sergeant Tal Shavit, 21, from Kfar Giladi
The devastating attack resulted in the deaths of these four soldiers and left at least eleven others wounded, some with serious injuries. The fallen were members of the Shaked Battalion of the Givati Brigade and the 931st Battalion of the Nahal Brigade.
Hamas terrorists claimed responsibility, stating their Al-Qassam Brigades intentionally targeted the Kerem Shalom area using 114 mm short-range "Rajoum" rockets launched from the Rafah area in the Gaza Strip.
The IDF reported approximately ten rockets and mortars were fired from the vicinity of Rafah toward Kerem Shalom. As a precaution, the Kerem Shalom humanitarian crossing has been temporarily closed following the barrage. In retaliation for the assault, the IDF conducted retaliatory strikes on Hamas rocket launchers in Rafah.
This article was first published by i24NEWS.
