HY’D: The IDF announced early Monday morning that two soldiers were killed amidst the fighting in Gaza.

The slain soldiers were identified as:

– Staff sergeant Elisha Yehonatan Lober HY’D, 24, from Yitzhar.

– Sergeant first class Yosef Gitarts HY’D, 25, from Tel Aviv.

Additionally, two soldiers were seriously injured in battle in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday.

Later on Tuesday, the IDF announced the death of Staff Sgt. Daniel Nachmani, Hy’d, 21, from Kfar Saba, of the 188th Armored Brigade’s 71st Battalion. He succumbed to his wounds from a Hezbollah rocket attack on northern Israel on Friday.

His death increased the IDF’s death toll to 159 since the start of the ground operation in Gaza and 492 since October 7th.

He is the second soldier in the 71st Battalion to be killed by a Hezbollah attack. Sgt. Amit Hod Ziv, H’yd, was killed in an attack on an IDF position near Shtula on December 22.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)