An Israeli reserves soldier was killed and a senior officer was seriously wounded during fighting in the northern Gaza Strip yesterday, the IDF announces.
The slain soldier is named as Sgt. First Class (res.) Roi Sasson, 21, from the Jerusalem suburb of Mevaseret.
Sasson had served in Gaza with the Kfir Brigade’s Nahshon Battalion.
The commander of the battalion, Lt. Col. Yoel Glickman, was seriously wounded in the same incident, the IDF says.
According to an initial IDF probe, the soldier and officer were hit during an exchange of fire with gunmen in the Beit Lahiya area.
Sasson is the 379th Israeli soldier to be killed in operations in and around Gaza, according to a Times of Israel tally.
The death means that 800 soldiers have now been killed in fighting since the October 7, 2023, attack, including local security officers killed while defending communities from the Hamas onslaught.
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