The IDF announced early Friday afternoon that Staff Sergeant Itai Sa'adon, 21, from the Galilee community of Har Halutz, was killed while fighting Hamas in northern Gaza.
Sa'adon fought in the 52nd Battalion, 401st Brigade.
On Friday morning, the IDF cleared for publication the names of four other soldiers who fell in battles in northern Gaza.
The four were named as:
Captain Beni Wais, 22, from Haifa, platoon commander in the 195th Battalion, 460th Brigade.
Master Sgt. (res.) Uriah Mash, 41, from Talmon, who fought in the 52nd Battalion, 401st Brigade.
Master Sgt. (res.) Yehonatan Yosef Brand, 28, from Jerusalem, who fought in the 52nd Battalion, 401st Brigade.
Sgt. Major (res.) Gil Pishitz, 39, from Harish, a tank driver in the 9th Battalion, 401st Brigade.