The IDF cleared for publication on Sunday that Master Sergeant (Res.) Shlomo Yehonatan Hazut, aged 36, from Ashdod, fell during combat in the central Gaza Strip.
Hazut, a soldier from the 9207th Battalion, 16th Brigade, was killed when a roadside bomb planted by terrorists detonated in the Zaytun neighborhood.
The IDF added that during the incident in which Master Sergeant (Res.) Hazut fell a reservist from the 9207th Battalion, 16th Brigade, was severely injured. The soldier was evacuated to a hospital to receive medical treatment and his family has been notified.
Earlier in the day the IDF confirmed that Petty Officer 1st Class David Moshe Ben Shitrit, a sailor in the Israeli Navy's 914th Fleet was killed in the morning during combat in northern Israel.
The IDF added that during the incident two soldiers from the Navy's 914th Fleet were lightly and moderately injured.
David, 21, was a resident of the community of Geva Binyamin (Adam). He is survived by his parents and three sisters. He was the second soldier from the community to fall in combat in the last week.
The IDF also cleared for publication on Sunday that Sergeant Amit Tsadikov, a soldier in the 202nd Battalion, Paratroopers Brigade, was killed in battle in the south of the Gaza Strip.
Sergeant Tsadikov is the 700th IDF soldier to fall in battle since the war began on October 7, 2023.