Ten IDF soldiers killed in Gaza, six seriously wounded

Since the beginning of the war, 486 soldiers have been killed.

 (From top-left clockwise) Staff.-Sgt. David Bogdanovskyi, Staff.-Sgt. Gal Hershko, Staff.-Sgt. Itamar Shemen, Master-Sgt. (res.) Eliyahu Meir Ohana, Sgt.-First Class (res.) Elyassaf Shoshan, Sgt.-First Class (res.) Ohad Ashur, Master-Sgt. (res.) Nadav Issachar Farhi, and Staff.-Sgt. Orel Bashan. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
(From top-left clockwise) Staff.-Sgt. David Bogdanovskyi, Staff.-Sgt. Gal Hershko, Staff.-Sgt. Itamar Shemen, Master-Sgt. (res.) Eliyahu Meir Ohana, Sgt.-First Class (res.) Elyassaf Shoshan, Sgt.-First Class (res.) Ohad Ashur, Master-Sgt. (res.) Nadav Issachar Farhi, and Staff.-Sgt. Orel Bashan.
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

Ten IDF soldiers fell in battle in the Gaza Strip on Saturday and Sunday, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit announced on Sunday morning.

Five were soldiers and five  were reservists.

Four fighters were killed in the southern Strip after an anti-tank missile hit the vehicle they were in:

• Staff.-Sgt. David Bogdanovskyi, 19, from Haifa, a soldier in the Combat Engineering 603rd Battalion in the 7th Armored Brigade;

• Staff.-Sgt. Orel Bashan, 20, from Haifa, a soldier in the 603rd Battalion;

• Staff.-Sgt. Gal Hershko, 20, from Yiftah, a squad commander in the 603rd Battalion; and

• Staff.-Sgt. Itamar Shemen, 21, from Lapid, a paramedic in the 36th Division "Ga'ash" who was fighting as part of the 77th Battalion of the 7th Brigade, fell in battle in the southern Gaza Strip.

• St.-Sgt. Roy Elias, 21, from Tzofar, who served in the 603rd Combat Engineering Battalion, died in battle in Gaza.

Two other soldiers were seriously wounded in the attack.

Four others, all reservists, fell in battle in central Gaza:


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• Master-Sgt. (res.) Nadav Issachar Farhi, 30, from Herzliya, a medic in the 7810 Battalion in the 11th Brigade.

• Master-Sgt. (res.) Eliyahu Meir Ohana, 28, from Haifa, a soldier in the 7810 Battalion.

• Sgt.-1st Class (res.) Elyassaf Shoshan, 23, from Jerusalem, a soldier in the 6646 Battalion of the 646th Brigade.

• Sgt.-1st Class (res.) Ohad Ashur, 23, from Kfar Yona, a soldier in the 6646 Battalion.

• Maj. Aryeh Rein, 39, a tank commander in the 79th battalion of the 14th "Mahatz" Brigade, fell in combat in the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday.

 People gather and light candles to remember the Israeli victims of the October 7 massacre at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, October 12, 2023.  (credit: Dor Pazuelo/Flash90)
People gather and light candles to remember the Israeli victims of the October 7 massacre at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, October 12, 2023. (credit: Dor Pazuelo/Flash90)

Farhi and Ohana were killed by an explosive device; another reserve soldier was seriously wounded in the incident. Shoshan and Ashur were also killed by an explosive device, and three other soldiers were seriously wounded, during a firefight with terrorists.

Elias, who served in the 603rd Combat Engineering Battalion, was killed on Saturday in the southern Gaza Strip.

Since the beginning of the war, 486 soldiers have fallen, many during the October 7 surprise infiltration and others in subsequent battles.