The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit on Tuesday morning cleared for publication the names of four soldiers who served in the 92nd Battalion, Kfir Brigade, and who fell during combat in the northern Gaza Strip.
Their names are:
Staff Sergeant Orr Katz, aged 20, from Ma'ale Adumim, Staff Sergeant Nave Yair Asulin, aged 21, from Carmit, Staff Sergeant Gary Lalhruaikima Zolat, aged 21, from Afula, and Staff Sergeant Ofir Eliyahu, aged 20, from Holon.
Their families have been notified. 787 IDF soldiers have fallen since the start of the war.
On Monday evening, the IDF cleared for publication that Major (Res.) Itamar Levin Fridman, squad commander in the 'LOTAR Eilat' Unit, fell during combat in the northern Gaza Strip.
Fridman, a resident of Eilat, was 34. His force was hit by anti-tank fire in Jabalia during a battle with Hamas terrorists, killing him.
He is survived by his wife and two children. His funeral will be held on Tuesday at 3:00 p.m. at the military cemetery in Eilat.
On Friday, Guy Shabtai, who was wounded in battle in Lebanon about two weeks earlier, died of his wounds.
Guy, a 39-year-old resident of Jerusalem, was a teacher at the Horev school in the capital.