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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 477

Kfir Brigade

Staff Sgt. Ido Samiach (Courtesy)
January 7, 2025, 5:33 pm
Soldier killed fighting in Gaza as IDF withdraws brigade from northern Strip
Staff Sgt. Ido Samiach, 20, slain in battle, bringing ground op death toll to 395; military says after months in Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanoun, Kfir Brigade preparing for other ops
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Staff Sgt. Nehoray Said (IDF)
December 15, 2024, 10:06 pm
Staff Sgt. Nehoray Said, 21: Lived with ‘truth, kindness, generosity’
Killed battling the Hamas invasion of Ofakim on October7
By ToI Staff
Soldiers killed in the northern Gaza Strip on November 11, 2024: (L-R) Staff Sgt. Ofir Eliyahu, Staff Sgt. Nave Yair Asulin, Staff Sgt. Gary Lalhruaikima Zolat, and Staff Sgt. Orr Katz. (Israel Defense Forces)
November 12, 2024, 9:13 am
Four IDF soldiers killed in fighting in northern Gaza
Slain troops named as Orr Katz, 20; Nave Yair Asulin, 21; Gary Lalhruaikima Zolat, 21; and Ofir Eliyahu, 20; Israel’s death toll in Gaza ground operation at 375
By Emanuel Fabian
Cpt. Alon Sacgiu, 22 from Hadera, killed in a roadside bomb attack in the West Bank city of Jenin, June 27, 2024 (Social media)
June 27, 2024, 12:33 pm
Soldier killed, 16 injured by roadside bombs during operation in West Bank’s Jenin
Army bulldozers didn’t detect large explosives buried deep under road in northern West Bank; most damage caused when 2nd bomb exploded as troops came to assist
By Emanuel Fabian
Staff Sgt. Nadav Biton who was murdered at the Supernova music festival on October 7, 2023. (IDF)
March 6, 2024, 10:09 pm
Staff Sgt. Nadav Biton, 20: Off-duty soldier was ‘never afraid of anything’
Killed at the Supernova music festival on October 7
By ToI Staff
Sgt. Nathan Lyard who was killed by Hamas on October 7, 2023. (IDF)
November 16, 2023, 8:21 pm
Sgt. Nathan Lyard, 20: French-Israeli returned to battle after injured
French-Israeli soldier with Kfir Brigade’s 94th ‘Duchifat’ Battalion killed in combat on October 7 near Gaza
By ToI Staff
Cpl. Denis Zinoviev, 18, killed in an accidental grenade explosion at a base in the Jordan Valley on January 14, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 15, 2023, 9:51 am
Soldier killed, three wounded by accidental grenade blast at Jordan Valley base
Initial probe of explosion at Kfir Brigade training base in West Bank suggests munition brought into living quarters against protocols; slain soldier named as Cpl. Denis Zinoviev
By Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative: In this undated photo, soldiers from the Netzah Yehuda battalion are seen studying in a synagogue at the Peles Military Base, in the Northern Jordan Valley. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)
December 1, 2022, 10:49 am
Religious unit with reputation of rights abuses to exit West Bank for first time
Netzah Yehuda to move to northern frontier; IDF says decision unrelated to controversies, including death of Palestinian-American, 78, but to ‘diversify operational deployment’
By Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative: Israeli soldiers hold a drill simulating an infiltration of terrorists into the settlement of Elazar in the West Bank, September 21, 2022. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
October 2, 2022, 4:00 pm
IDF ‘logistically unprepared’ to continue West Bank arrest op, comptroller warns
Investigation finds reservist troops missing essential equipment, given faulty guns, while Kfir training base has poor living conditions
By Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative: Soldiers in the IDF's Netzah Yehuda Battalion at the Peles Military Base in the northern Jordan Valley, August 2013. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)
September 6, 2022, 7:50 pm
US said scrutinizing IDF ultra-Orthodox unit with reputation of rights abuses
Report says in wake of recent alleged incidents, State Department has asked embassy to prepare a document on Netzah Yehuda battalion
By ToI Staff
Soldiers from the Kfir Infantry Brigade simulate war against the Hamas terror group in the Gaza Strip, in November 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)
October 7, 2020, 7:36 pm
IDF finds flaws in safety protocols after 100 soldiers infected on one base
Military investigation traces coronavirus outbreak on Kfir Brigade base to three soldiers who contracted the disease on leave
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: Israeli soldiers in Jerusalem, September 15, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 6, 2020, 4:41 pm
Over 100 soldiers on IDF base reportedly test positive for virus
Outbreak appears to be the largest in the military since start of the pandemic; overall, 1,164 military personnel are sick with COVID-19, 2 seriously
By ToI Staff
An IDF tank is seen firing a shell during an exercise in an undated photograph. (Israel Defense Forces)
August 17, 2020, 7:25 pm
With drones, robots and sensors, IDF readies Ground Forces for future war
Army looks to give high-powered tech to ground troops and improve communication between military branches as part of multi-year Momentum Plan
By Judah Ari Gross
Soldiers from the Israel Defense Forces' new Faran Brigade, which will defend the Egyptian-Israeli border, take part in a training exercise in southern Israel in November 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 26, 2020, 3:16 pm
Bennett okays IDF’s multi-year plan, but funding unclear
Defense minister says Momentum Plan will make military ‘more flexible, intelligent and lethal,’ though he declines to comment on how he’ll pay for it
By Judah Ari Gross
IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi addresses a group of Kfir Brigade soldiers stationed at the Gaza border on January 22, 2020. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 22, 2020, 7:46 pm
IDF announces plans to turn Kfir Brigade into ‘superior’ infantry force
Military says move, which would put the unit on par with other infantry brigades, is part of multi-year Momentum Plan to improve army
By Judah Ari Gross
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