The IDF announced on Wednesday that Staff Sergeant Nisim Kachlon, 21 from Hadera, fell in battle in the southern Gaza Strip.
Kachlon served as a combat soldier in the 435th Battalion of the Givati Brigade.
IDF and ISA forces continue their focused fighting in the area of Shifaa Hospital. The combat teams of the 401st Brigade, the Nahal Brigade and Shayetet 13, under the command of the 162nd Division are fighting in the area, while avoiding harm to civilians, patients, medical teams and medical equipment.
In the past 24 hours the soldiers eliminated dozens of terrorists and located terrorist infrastructure and weapons in the area of the hospital. So far, hundreds of terrorists affiliated with the terrorist organizations operating in the Gaza Strip have been detained in the hospital area, and dozens have been eliminated.
IDF and ISA forces, led by the 98th Division, continue fighting in the area of Al-Amal and Al-Qararah. In the past 24 hours the forces eliminated terrorists and located weapons.
Combat soldiers of the 7th Brigade Combat Team eliminated three terrorists in the past 24 hours. An aircraft attacked and killed two other terrorists who approached the forces, armed with an RPG missile.