“Israeli” army announces heavy casualties from north Gaza fighting with Hamas

Four soldiers were killed yesterday during fighting in the northern Gaza Strip, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) said in a statement this morning.

They are identified as Staff Sergeant Orr Katz, 20 years old; Staff Sergeant Nave Yair Asulin, 21; Staff Sergeant Gary Lalhruaikima Zolat, 21; Staff Sergeant Ofir Eliyahu, 20.

Another soldier was killed Monday and announced earlier, which makes yesterday’s death toll five.

All served with the Kfir Brigade’s Shimshon Battalion, which operates in Beit Lahia, close to Jabalia.

This brings the death toll of “Israeli” soldiers in the ground invasion of the Gaza Strip to 375.