Itay Fogel
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The IDF announced on Friday that Staff Sergeant Ittai Fogel, aged 22, from Yakir, a tank commander in the 46th Battalion, 401st Brigade, fell during combat in the southern Gaza Strip.

He left behind parents and four siblings.

His cousin Elkana Navon was killed in action just a few weeks ago in Jenin.