Four Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza, confirms IDF

Four soldiers were killed during fighting in the northern Gaza Strip yesterday, the IDF announced on Tuesday.

According to the IDF killed troops are named: Staff Sgt. Orr Katz, 20, from Ma’ale Adumim. Staff Sgt. Nave Yair Asulin, 21, from Carmit. Staff Sgt. Gary Lalhruaikima Zolat, 21, from Afula and Staff Sgt. Ofir Eliyahu, 20, from Holon.

The soldiers all served with the Kfir Brigade’s Shimshon Battalion.

Their deaths bring Israel’s toll in the ground offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip and during operations along the border to 375.

Israeli forces sent tanks into the western side of Gaza’s Nuseirat camp on Monday in a new incursion into the enclave’s central area, and Palestinian medics said Israeli military strikes had killed at least 30 people since Sunday night.

Residents said Israeli tanks opened fire as they rolled into that sector of the camp, one of the Gaza Strip’s eight historic refugee sites, causing panic among the population and displaced families.

In the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya, where Israeli forces have operated since Oct. 5, medics said four people were killed in an Israeli airstrike. Others were killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City.