The IDF on Sunday morning cleared for publication the names of two IDF soldiers who fell in battle in the northern Gaza Strip:
- Sergeant Binyamin Meir Airly, 21, from Beit Shemesh, who served in the 101st Battalion, the Paratroopers Brigade
- Captain (res.) Roey Biber, 28, from Tzur Moshe, a moshav in central Israel, who served in the Yahalom unit of the Israeli Combat Engineering Corps
In addition, a soldier in Paratroopers Brigade was seriously injured in a battle in the northern Gaza Strip.
On Saturday night, the IDF announced the deaths of six soldiers who fell in battle in Gaza, including one who fell on November and five others who fell over the weekend.
Meanwhile, The Washington Post reported that Israel, the US and Hamas have agreed to a tentative deal that would free dozens of women and children held hostage in Gaza, in exchange for a five-day pause in fighting.
The release could begin within the next several days, barring last-minute hitches, said people familiar with the provisions of the agreement.
A spokesperson for the Israeli Embassy in Washington said that “we are not going to comment” on any aspect of the hostage situation.
A White House spokesperson said an agreement has not yet been reached between Israel and Hamas.
