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Soldier’s death in Gaza brings IDF toll to 780

The IDF death toll in Gaza since the start of the ground operation there on Oct. 27, 2023, stands at 368.

Israeli soldiers during operational activity in the Gaza Strip, August 2024. Credit: IDF.
Israeli soldiers during operational activity in the Gaza Strip, August 2024. Credit: IDF.

An Israel Defense Forces soldier was killed by a grenade on Saturday in the northern Gaza Strip, the military announced Sunday morning.

The Military Police have launched a probe into the incident, which did not appear to be combat-related.

Israeli media identified the fatality as Shneur Zalman Cohen, 20, from Yitzhar.

Two IDF soldiers were killed in action in northern Gaza on Saturday, according to the military.

They were identified as Staff Sgt. Itay Parizat, 20, from Petah Tikva, and Staff Sgt. Yair Hananya, 22, from Mitzpe Netofa.

Staff Sgt. Itay Parizat (L) and Staff Sgt. Yair Hananya were killed battling Hamas terrorists in Gaza, Nov. 2, 2024. Credit: Israel Defense Forces.
Staff Sgt. Itay Parizat (L) and Staff Sgt. Yair Hananya were killed battling Hamas terrorists in Gaza, Nov. 2, 2024. Credit: Israel Defense Forces.

A day earlier, Cpt. Yarden Zakay, 21, of the Givati Brigade’s Shaked Battalion, succumbed to wounds sustained in Gaza on Sept. 17.

The IDF death toll in Gaza since the start of the ground operation there on Oct. 27, 2023, stands at 368, while the figure on all fronts since Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, massacre is 780.

Additionally, Chief Inspector Arnon Zamora, a member of the Border Police’s Yamam National Counter-Terrorism Unit, was fatally wounded during a hostage rescue mission in Gaza in June, and civilian defense contractor Liron Yitzhak was mortally wounded in the Strip in May.

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