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IDF reservist succumbs to wounds sustained in roadside bomb blast in southern Gaza last week

By Emanuel Fabian 26 July 2025, 10:42 pm
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Sgt. Maj. (res.) Betzalel Yehoshua Mosbacher, of the 749th Combat Engineering Battalion. (Israel Defense Forces)
Sgt. Maj. (res.) Betzalel Yehoshua Mosbacher, of the 749th Combat Engineering Battalion. (Israel Defense Forces)

A reservist combat engineer seriously wounded by a roadside bomb in the southern Gaza Strip last week succumbed to his wounds today, the IDF announces.

The slain soldier is named as Sgt. Maj. (res.) Betzalel Yehoshua Mosbacher, 32, of the 749th Combat Engineering Battalion, from Avnei Eitan.

Mosbacher and another combat engineer driving in a Humvee in Khan Younis were seriously wounded in the roadside bomb attack on July 19.

Both were taken to a hospital, where Mosbacher died.

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