3rd soldier killed along Egypt border named as Ori Yitzhak Iluz, 20

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Staff Sgt. Ori Yitzhak Iluz,  a combat soldier in the Bardelas Battalion, who was shot dead on the Egyptian border on June 3, 2023. (IDF Spokesman)
Staff Sgt. Ori Yitzhak Iluz, a combat soldier in the Bardelas Battalion, who was shot dead on the Egyptian border on June 3, 2023. (IDF Spokesman)

The third soldier killed in this morning’s deadly shootings on the Egyptian border is named as Staff Sgt. Ori Yitzhak Iluz.

Iluz, 20, from the northern city of Safed, served as a combat soldier in the Bardelas Battalion.

Dahan was killed in the initial attack by the Egyptian policeman on a guard post along the border.

He was posthumously promoted from the rank of sergeant to staff sergeant.

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