The IDF releases the names of the two Israeli Air Force soldiers who were killed in the Black Hawk helicopter crash in the southern Gaza Strip early this morning.
They are named as Sgt. Maj. (res.) Daniel Alloush, 37, from Tel Aviv, and Sgt. Maj. (res.) Tom Ish-Shalom, 38, from Nes Harim.
Both served in the IAF’s elite search and rescue Unit 669.
Among the seriously wounded in the incident were two pilots and a mechanic with the IAF’s 123rd Squadron, a reservist doctor and another soldier with Unit 669. A reservist doctor and another mechanic were moderately wounded.
Separately, a soldier with the 710th Combat Engineering Battalion was seriously wounded during fighting in Rafah. He was supposed to be evacuated by the Black Hawk that crashed during the landing sequence.
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