4 IDF soldiers killed, 5 wounded after booby-trapped south Gaza building collapses — army

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

IDF soldiers Staff Sgt. Yoav Raver (L) and Sgt. Maj. (res.) Chen Gross, who were killed in Gaza on June 6, 2025. (IDF)
IDF soldiers Staff Sgt. Yoav Raver (L) and Sgt. Maj. (res.) Chen Gross, who were killed in Gaza on June 6, 2025. (IDF)

Four Israeli soldiers were killed and five were wounded by an explosion in a building in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis this morning, the military announces.

Two of the slain soldiers are named as:

Sgt. Maj. (res.) Chen Gross, 33, of the Maglan commando unit, from Gan Yoshiya.

Staff Sgt. Yoav Raver, 19, of the Yahalom combat engineering unit, from Sde Warburg.

The names of the other two soldiers will be released later, the military says.

According to an initial IDF probe, the soldiers entered the building to clear it of possible terror infrastructure, including tunnels.

The building was booby-trapped, and the explosion caused the structure to collapse on the soldiers, killing four and wounding five others, including one seriously.

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