Two soldiers from the Israel Defense Forces were killed and two others were injured during fighting in the Gaza Strip against units of the Palestinian radical group Hamas.
According to information from the Israeli military, 24-year-old Captain Eitan Shiknazi, who served in the 932nd battalion of the Nahal Brigade, was killed in battle in the northern part of the Palestinian enclave. He became the 826th Israeli soldier killed in the new phase of the Middle East conflict and the 391st since the start of the ground operation in the Gaza Strip.
Another soldier was killed in the same battle, and two other soldiers were seriously injured and evacuated to hospitals.