
It has been cleared for publication that Master Sergeant (Res.) Dov Moshe (Dovy) Kogen, a member of the Shaldag Unit, fell in battle on Thursday in the Gaza Strip.
Kogen was the third member of Shaldag and the 36th IDF soldier to fall since the beginning of the ground operation.
Earlier in the day, the IDF announced that Sergeant Eliahou Benjamin Elmakayes, 29, from Jerusalem, fell in battle in the central Gaza Strip on Wednesday, it has been cleared for publication.
In addition, five soldiers were seriously injured in the fighting in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday.
The IDF cleared for publication on Wednesday that Staff Sergeant Noam Yosef Abu, aged 20 from Dimona, a soldier in the Nahal Brigade, fell in battle in the northern Gaza Strip.
Earlier in the day, it was announced that Sergeant Major Yonatan Hatzor, age 22 from Katzir, and Sergeant Major (res.) Yaacov Ozeri, 28, from Kfar Shamai, fell in battle in northern Gaza, the IDF announced. Hatzor fought in the IDF's Shaldag unit, and Ozeri fought in the 52nd Battalion of the 401st Armored Brigade.