The IDF has cleared for publication on Sunday evening that two additional soldiers have fallen in battle in Gaza. Lt. (Res.) Adir Portugal, 23, from Mazkeret Batya, was an officer in the Shaked Battalion of the Givati Brigade.
SSgt. Gal Mishaelof, 21, from Modiin, was a soldier in the Tzabar Battalion of the Givati Brigade.
On Sunday morning, the IDF cleared for publication of the names of two soldiers who fell in battle in Gaza.
Sergeant Binyamin Meir Airly, 21, from Beit Shemesh, served in the 101st Battalion, the Paratroopers Brigade, and Captain (res.) Roey Biber, 28, from Tzur Moshe, a moshav in central Israel, served in the Yahalom unit of the Israeli Combat Engineering Corps.
In addition, a soldier in the Paratroopers Brigade was seriously injured in a battle in the northern Gaza Strip.
Later in the day, the IDF released the names of three additional fallen soldiers: Master Sergeant Yakir Biton, a 34-year-old resident of Jerusalem, served in the 8717th Battalion, 261st Brigade. Sergeant Major Rani Tahan, a 40-year-old resident of Sde Nehemia, served in the 8717th Battalion, 261st Brigade. Major Chen Yahalom, a 35-year-old resident of Kfar Azar, served in the 8159th Battalion of the Artillery Corps. Biton and Tahan were killed in a battle with Hamas terrorists in Gaza on Saturday. Yahalom was killed in a car accident while on his way back from Gaza.