Early in the morning on Tuesday in Israel, the Israel Defense Forces released the names of four soldiers who were killed in action in Gaza.

Sgt. Roi Tal, 19, of Kfar Yehoshua, from the 94th Battalion, Kafir Brigade, was killed in the southern Gaza Strip.

Sgt. First Class (res.) David Schwartz, 26, of Elazar, from the 8219th Battalion, Combat Engineering Corps, who was killed in the southern Gaza Strip.

Sgt. First Class (res.) Yakir Hexter, 26, of Jerusalem, from the 8219th Battalion, Combat Engineering Corps, who was killed in the southern Gaza Strip.

Sgt. First Class (ret.) Gavriel Bloom, 27, of Beit Shemesh, a combat engineer from the 36th Division, was killed in central Gaza.

To date, 180 Israeli soldiers have been killed since the start of ground operations on Oct. 27.

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