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IDF announces death of 4 soldiers, raising Gaza ground op toll to 126

By ToI Staff 18 December 2023, 6:24 am 4 Edit
The IDF announces the deaths of four soldiers in Gaza on December 18, 2023. Clockwise from top left: Sgt. First Class Urija Bayer, 20, Master Sgt. (res.) Tal Filiba, 23, Master Sgt. (res.) Etan Naeh, 26, and Sgt. First Class Liav Aloush, 21. (Israel Defense Forces)
The IDF announces the deaths of four soldiers in Gaza on December 18, 2023. Clockwise from top left: Sgt. First Class Urija Bayer, 20, Master Sgt. (res.) Tal Filiba, 23, Master Sgt. (res.) Etan Naeh, 26, and Sgt. First Class Liav Aloush, 21. (Israel Defense Forces)

The IDF announces the deaths of four IDF soldiers killed in Gaza fighting, bringing the toll of slain troops in the ground offensive against Hamas to 126.

Sgt. First Class Urija Bayer, 20, a commando in the Maglan unit, from the northern town of Maalot-Tarshiha, died of his wounds sustained in fighting in southern Gaza on December 14.

Sgt. First Class Liav Aloush, 21, a commando in the Duvdevan unit, from Gedera, was killed fighting in southern Gaza yesterday.

Master Sgt. (res.) Etan Naeh, 26, also of the Duvdevan unit, from Kibbutz Sde Eliyahu in northern Israel, was killed fighting in southern Gaza yesterday.

Master Sgt. (res.) Tal Filiba, 23, of the Combat Engineering Corps’ Yahalom unit, from Rehovot, was killed fighting in southern Gaza yesterday.

The military says that a third fighter from the Duvdevan unit was seriously injured in the fighting.

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