IDF Announces Names Of 11 More Soldiers Who Fell In Battle Against Hamas

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — BDE: On Tuesday, the IDF announced the names of 2 soldiers who had been killed in battle with Hamas. Staff Sgt. Lavi Lipshitz and Staff Sgt. Roei Wolf, of the Givati Infantry Brigade’s reconnaissance unit, were killed during clashes with Hamas and two other soldiers were seriously wounded in the same incident.

At the same time, IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari and National Security Directorate head Tzahi Hanegbi spoke of “painful prices” to be paid for victory in war, implying that there had been further casualties. During the early hours of Wednesday, the IDF released the names of a further ten soldiers who had been killed, eight of whom died when their Namer half-track received a direct hit from a Hamas anti-tank weapon. Two others died as a result of a direct hit on their tank.

Adi Leon HyD

The soldiers names are:

– Ariel Reich, 24, from Jerusalem (Ariel celebrated his engagement a month ago)

– Asif Luger, 21, from Yagur

– Adi Danan, 20, from Yavne

– Halel Solomon, 20, from Dimona

– Erez Mishlovsky, 20, from Oranit

– Adi Leon, 20, from Nili.

– Ido Ovadia, 19, from Tel Aviv

– Lior Siminovich, 19, from Herzliya

– Roei Dawi, 20, from Jerusalem

– Pedaya Mark, 22, from Otniel

• Roi Saragosti, 21, from Chavat Nahal Haroeh

Pedaya Mark is the son of Rabbi Michael (Miki) Mark HyD, who was murdered in a terrorist attack in 2014. Pedaya was present in the car at the time of the attack but was not injured. His mother was seriously injured and his brother Shlomi later died in a road accident while serving in Israel’s security forces.

On October 7th, Mark’s cousin Elchanan Kalmanson, the son of the founder of the Otniel yeshiva Rabbi Benny Kalmanson, was killed in fighting with terrorists in Kibbutz Beeri.