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IDF soldier KIA in Gaza, wartime military toll reaches 869

Fatalities among Israeli troops stand at 426 since the start of the ground incursion into the coastal enclave on Oct. 27, 2023.

Capt. Tal Movshovitz, 28, a deputy company commander in the Golani Brigade's 7086th Engineering Battalion. Credit: IDF.
Capt. Tal Movshovitz, 28, a deputy company commander in the Golani Brigade’s 7086th Engineering Battalion. Credit: IDF.
Capt. Tal Movshovitz, 28, a deputy company commander in the Golani Brigade's 7086th Engineering Battalion. Credit: IDF.
Capt. Tal Movshovitz, 28, a deputy company commander in the Golani Brigade’s 7086th Engineering Battalion. Credit: IDF.

An Israel Defense Forces soldier was killed fighting Hamas terrorists in the southern Gaza Strip, the military announced on Monday evening.

The slain man was identified as Capt. Tal Movshovitz, 28, a deputy company commander in the Golani Brigade’s 7086th Engineering Battalion, from Re’ut.

According to Israel’s Ynet news outlet, Movshovitz was killed in an IED blast in the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis.

The death toll among Israeli troops since the start of the Gaza ground incursion on Oct. 27, 2023, stands at 426, and at 869 on all fronts since the Hamas-led terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.

On Sunday, the IDF announced that Sgt. 1st Class (res.) Noam Shemesh, 21, of Jerusalem, was killed in combat in the southern part of the Gaza Strip on Saturday. Shemesh was a squad commander in the Shimshon Battalion 92 in the Kfir Brigade.

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