Soldier KIA in Gaza, Bringing IDF Wartime Toll to 824

An Israel Defense Forces soldier was killed battling Palestinian terrorists in the northern Gaza Strip, the military announced on Sunday.

The slain soldier was named as Staff Sgt. Yuval Shoham, 22, of the 401st Armored Brigade's 9th Battalion, from Jerusalem.

The death toll among Israeli troops since the start of the Gaza ground incursion on Oct. 27, 2023, stands at 392, and at 824 on all fronts since the Hamas-led massacre on Oct. 7, 2023.

Additionally, Chief Inspector Arnon Zamora, a member of the Israel 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 there in May.

This JNS.org report was republished with permission from Jewish News Syndicate.