The IDF soldier who contracted a fungal infection after being seriously wounded in battle in the Gaza Strip has died, Sheba Medical Center reported this morning (Wednesday).
The soldier was identified as Hanan Drori, a reserve soldier from the community of Psagot in the Binyamin region. He was 26-years-old.
Drori left behind his parents and three siblings, and was to become engaged soon.
The family of the soldier appealed for help in obtaining the experimental drug Fosmanogepix from Ireland and succeeded in obtaining it, but the treatment did not help and the soldier was pronounced dead.
The soldier had been seriously wounded in an RPG attack during combat operations in Gaza two months ago and subsequently suffered an acute fungal infection.
The Israeli Society for Infectious Diseases has warned that soldiers returning from Gaza have been carrying an alarming amount of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.