The IDF says nine more soldiers were killed while operating in Gaza, raising the death toll in the IDF’s ground operation to 185.

The slain soldiers were identified as:
• Sergeant Roi Tal, 19, a soldier in the 94th Battalion, Kafir Brigade, killed in battle in southern Gaza.

• Sgt First Class (res.) David Schwartz, 26, a soldier in the 8219th Engineering Battalion, killee in battle in the southern Gaza.

• Sgt First Class (res.) Yakir Hexter, 26, a soldier in the 8219 Engineering Battalion, killed in battle in southern Gaza.

The following six soldiers were all killed by a huge explosion in Bureij in the central Gaza Strip when a truck full of explosives was detonated.

• Sgt First Class (res.) Gavriel Bloom, 27, a soldier in the divisional engineering team of the 36th Division, killed in battle in central Gaza.
• Master Sgt. (res.) Amit Moshe Shachar, H’yd, 25, of Ramat Yochanan, of the Combat Engineering Corps’ Yahalom unit.
• Capt. (res.) Denis Krokhmalov Veksler, H’yd, 32, of Be’er Sheva, an officer in the Combat Engineering Corps’ Yahalom unit.
• Capt. (res.) Ron Efrimi, H’yd, 26, of Hod HaSharon, an officer in the Combat Engineering Corps’ Yahalom unit.
• Master Sgt. (res.) Roi Avraham Maimon, H’yd, 24, of Afula, a combat paramedic in the Yahalom unit.
• Sgt. Maj. (res.) Avkiva Yasinsky, H’yd, 35, of Ramat Gan, of the Combat Engineering Corps’ 8173rd Engineering Battalion.

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