From IDF announces 4 troops killed, several hurt during fighting in southern Gaza’s Rafah
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Four Israeli soldiers were killed and several others were wounded during fighting in southern Gaza’s Rafah yesterday, the IDF announces.
The slain troops are named as:
Cpt. Daniel Mimon Toaff, 23, a deputy company commander in the Givati Brigade’s Shaked Battalion, from Moreshet.
Staff Sgt. Agam Naim, 20, a paramedic with the 401st Armored Brigade’s 52nd Battalion, from Mishmarot.
Staff Sgt. Amit Bakri, 21, of the Givati Brigade’s Shaked Battalion, from Yoshivia.
Staff Sgt. Dotan Shimon, 21, of the Givati Brigade’s Shaked Battalion, from Elazar.
In the same incident in which the four soldiers were killed, an officer and two soldiers in the Shaked Battalion were seriously wounded, and another two soldiers of the battalion were moderately wounded.
Their deaths bring Israel’s toll in the ground offensive against Hamas in Gaza and in military operations along the border with the Strip to 348.
Naim is the first female soldier to have been killed during the IDF’s ground offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
In a separate incident, an officer in the Givati Brigade’s Reconnaissance Unit was seriously hurt by RPG fire in Rafah yesterday, the military adds.
