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Monday, January 22, 2024
IDF announces deaths of three more soldiers killed fighting in Gaza, raising toll to 198
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
L-R: Cpt. Eyal Mevorach Twito, Maj. David Nati Alfasi, and Maj. Ilay Levy, officers in the Paratroopers Brigade, who were killed in the Gaza Strip on January 22, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
The IDF announces the deaths of three officers killed during fighting in the southern Gaza Strip today, bring the toll of slain troops in the ground offensive against Hamas to 198.
They are:
Maj. David Nati Alfasi, 27, a deputy battalion commander in the Paratroopers Brigade’s 202nd Battalion, from Beersheba.
Maj. Ilay Levy, 24, a company commander in the Paratroopers Brigade’s 202nd Battalion, from Tel Aviv.
Cpt. Eyal Mevorach Twito, 22, a platoon commander in the Paratroopers Brigade’s 202nd Battalion, from Beit Gamliel.
Another soldier of the 202nd Battalion was seriously wounded in the same battle in which the three officers were killed, the IDF says.
