The Israel Defense Forces announces two officers were killed fighting yesterday in northern Gaza, raising the ground toll in the offensive against Hamas to 242.
They are named as:
Maj. Iftah Shahar, 25, a company commander in the Givati Brigade’s Tzabar Battalion, from Moshav Paran.
Cpt. Itai Seif, 24, a platoon commander in the Givati Brigade’s Tzabar Battalion, from Yeruham.
The IDF says another seven soldiers of the Tzabar Battalion were seriously wounded in the same incident.
Shahar and Seif were killed and the seven other soldiers were seriously wounded as a result of an explosive device blast in a booby-trapped building in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighborhood yesterday morning.
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