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IDF names two soldiers who were killed in southern Gaza

IDF names two soldiers who were killed in southern Gaza

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The Israeli military identified two soldiers on Friday who were killed in separate combat incidents in the south GazaThe number of troops killed since the beginning of the war on 856, including 414 since the start of the floor operation in the coastal slave.
The army said Sgt. Yishai Elyakim Orbach, 20, from the northern city of Zikhron Yaakov, was killed on Thursday afternoon Rafah As a structure on soldiers collapsed inside and apparently after a grenade strike driven by rockets. Orbach served in the 605th combat battalion of the barak (188) formation. Two other soldiers from the same unit were seriously and moderately wounded in the incident.

A few hours later, Staff Sgt. The 21-year-old Yam Freid, who killed Sal'it's settlement from the West Bank of Sal'it, was probably the result of an armored defense rocket or an explosive process as a tank staff of the namer exploded. Freid was a fighting soldier in the Golani reconnaissance unit. The explosion also violated a Golani officer, another officer and a fighting engineer from the 605th battalion. A reservist in the Golani unit was moderately wounded.

Since the rejection of the fight in the Gaza – the rejection of a proposed second phase of a hostage deal by Israel – Israeli soldiers were killed, six of them were killed in May.

Orbach married his wife Yuval two months ago. He is survived by her, his parents Noam and Efrat and four siblings. His funeral was planned for Friday at 1 p.m. in the military department of the Zikhron Yaakov Cemetery. “The sky above the city is really dark,” said Zikhron Yaakov Mayor Eli Abutbul. “Yishai was a wonderful young man from a remarkable family, full of values ​​and love for the country. A beautiful world was canceled.”

Freid is survived by his parents Keren and Itzik and his brothers Yahli and DIN. Samaria Regional Council Head Yossi Dagan called him “a hero who fought to live here.”

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