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Friday, December 22, 2023
IDF announces 2 more soldiers killed in Gaza, bringing ground op toll to 139
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Sgt. First Class (res.) Tal Shua, 31, left, and Lt. Shai Ayeli, 21, right, were killed in Gaza fighting, December 21, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)
The army announces that two more troops were killed fighting Hamas in the Gaza Strip, bringing the death toll in Israel’s ground offensive against the terror group since late October to 139.
The soldiers are named as:
Sgt. First Class (res.) Tal Shua, 31, of the Combat Engineering Corps’ 7071st Battalion, from Beersheba.
Lt. Shai Ayeli, 21, a cadet in the Bahad 1 officers’ school’s Gefen Battalion, previously serving in the Air Force’s Unit 669, from Ashkelon.
In addition, the military says a reserves soldier and two other soldiers were seriously injured in battles in northern and southern Gaza.
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