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IDF announces Adar Gavriel and Yonatan Elias were killed fighting in Gaza
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Sgt. First Class (res.) Adar Gavriel, left, and Sgt. Yonatan Elias, killed during fighting in Gaza on May 30, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
Two IDF soldiers were killed during fighting in the Gaza Strip yesterday, the military announces.
The slain soldiers are named as:
Sgt. First Class (res.) Adar Gavriel, 24, of the Bislamach Brigade’s 6828th Battalion, from Caesarea.
Sgt. Yehonatan Elias, 20, of the Givati Brigade’s reconnaissance unit, from Jerusalem.
According to initial IDF probes, Gavriel was killed in the northern Gaza Strip during a battle with terror operatives, while Elias was killed, and another Givati officer was seriously wounded, as a result of an anti-tank missile fired at them in the southern Gaza Strip.
Their deaths raise the toll from Israel’s ground offensive against Hamas to 294.
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