IDF says soldier killed in Gaza fighting, another killed in West Bank car crash

By Emanuel Fabian

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17 January 2024, 6:12 pm

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

Staff Sgt. Oriya Ayimalk Goshen (left) and Master Sgt. (res.) Anwar Serhan (right), who were killed on January 17, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

The IDF announces the death of a soldier killed in southern Gaza, bringing the toll of slain troops in the ground offensive against Hamas to 193, as well as the death of another soldier killed in a military-related car crash.

Staff Sgt. Oriya Ayimalk Goshen, 21, of the Givati Brigade’s reconnaissance unit, from Jerusalem, was killed during a battle with Hamas terrorists in southern Gaza. Another two soldiers were seriously wounded in the same battle.

Master Sgt. (res.) Anwar Serhan, 26, of the Etzion Regional Brigade’s 910th Battalion, from Hurfeish, was killed in a car crash while on duty in the West Bank.