Sergeant Yonatan Maimon, an IDF soldier in the Nahal Brigade, was killed in battle with the Hamas terrorist organization in the northern Gaza Strip last night (Saturday). Maimon's family has been notified of their son's passing.

With Sergeant Maimon's passing, the number of IDF soldiers who have fallen since ground operations in Gaza began has risen to 30.

In addition, it was reported that a Nahal Brigade soldier and a reserve officer in the armored corps were seriously injured in combat in Gaza.

Overnight, IDF troops directed aircraft to strike a Hamas military compound containing command and control centers, observation posts, and additional terrorist infrastructure.

During the combined activities of ground, air, and naval forces in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the war, over 2,500 terror targets have been struck.

On Saturday evening, the IDF named four additional soldiers who fell in battle in Gaza.

Major Yehuda Natan Cohen, 25 years old from Shadmot Mechola, was a Givati commander who fell in northern Gaza.

Staff Sergeant Gilad Nehemya Nitzan, 21 from Shiloh, a Givati commando soldier, fell in battle in northern Gaza.

Staff Sergeant Yonadav Raz Levenstein, 23 years old from Maaleh Adumim, a Givati commando soldier, fell in battle in northern Gaza.

Master Sergeant Lior Arazi, 25 years old from Givat Haim Ihud, a paramedic in the Shaldag unit, fell in battle in northern Gaza.