Israeli occupation army announces names of 8 more soldiers killed in Gaza

OCCUPIED PALESTINE, Dec. 24 (YPA) – The Israeli occupation army released on Sunday the names of its dead soldiers who were killed in the ongoing battles in the Gaza Strip, bringing the number of its dead since October 7 to 485.

According to the occupation army, 158 soldiers have been since the start of the ground operation, while the total number of wounded reached 1996, including 826 since the start of the ground operation.it

It posted on its website photos and names of its eight dead soldiers: Staff.-Sgt. David Bogdanovskyi, 19, from Haifa, a soldier in the Combat Engineering 603rd Battalion in the 7th Armored Brigade.

Staff.-Sgt. Orel Bashan, 20, from Haifa, a soldier in the 603rd Battalion.

Staff.-Sgt. Gal Hershko, 20, from Yiftah, a squad commander in the 603rd Battalion.

Staff.-Sgt. Itamar Shemen, 21, from Lapid, a paramedic in the 36th Division “Ga’ash” who was fighting as part of the 77th Battalion of the 7th Brigade, was killed in battle in the southern Gaza Strip.

Master Sgt. (res.) Nadav Issachar Farhi, 30, from Herzliya, was killed in fighting in central Gaza Saturday alongside Master Sgt. (res.) Eliyahu Meir Ohana, 28, from Haifa.

Sgt. First Class (res.) Elyassaf Shoshan, 23, from Jerusalem was also killed in central Gaza, as was fellow paratroopers reservist Sgt. First Class (Res.) Ohad Ashur, 23, from Kfar Yona.

On Saturday evening, the Israeli occupation army announced the killing of 5 officers and soldiers in battles in the southern and northern Gaza Strip.

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