The IDF has announced that three soldiers from the 196th Battalion's Tank Commanders Course, 460th Brigade, have been killed in action in Gaza:
- Captain Barak Israel Sagan, aged 22, from Petah Tikva, a Platoon Commander
- Sergeant Ido Ben Zvi, aged 21, from Shomrat.
- Sergeant Hillel Ovadia, aged 22, from Jerusalem.
Their deaths bring the IDF to 13 casualties in less than 48 hours in both the north and south.
