IDF announces two troop deaths Saturday

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Sergeant Major (res.) Shalev Zaltsman, left and Master Sergeant (res.) Joseph Avner Doran. (IDF Spokesperson)
Sergeant Major (res.) Shalev Zaltsman, left and Master Sergeant (res.) Joseph Avner Doran. (IDF Spokesperson)

The IDF announces the deaths of two soldiers killed during fighting in the Gaza Strip yesterday, bringing the toll of slain troops in the ground offensive against Hamas to 121.

They are:

Master Sgt. (res.) Joseph Avner Doran, 26, of the combat mobility Unit 444, who served in the Navy’s Shayetet 13 commando unit, from Jerusalem. Doran was killed in northern Gaza.

Sgt. First Class (res.) Shalev Zaltsman, 24, of the 55th Reserve Paratroopers Brigade’s 6623rd Battalion, from Ramat Yishai. Zaltsman was killed in southern Gaza.

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