IDF says reserve officer killed fighting in Gaza; ground op toll at 133

Cpt. (res.) Lior Sivan (Israel Defense Forces)
Cpt. (res.) Lior Sivan (Israel Defense Forces)

The IDF announces that another soldier has been killed fighting against Hamas terrorists in the southern Gaza Strip, bringing the ground toll in Israel’s ground offensive to 133.

The soldier is named as Cpt. (res.) Lior Sivan, 32, from Beit Shemesh, an officer in the Harel Brigade’s 363 Batallion.

The army says that an infantryman in the Givati Brigade’s Rotem Batallion was seriously wounded during battles in southern Gaza and was taken to a hospital for treatment.

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