Soldier hurt in Gaza succumbs to wounds, bringing IDF toll to 772
An Israel Defence Forces soldier wounded earlier this month while battling Hamas terrorists in the northern Gaza Strip has succumbed to his wounds, the military announced on Monday night.
Maj. Guy Yaacov Nezri
Maj. Guy Yaacov Nezri, 25, of the 401st Armored Brigade’s 52nd Battalion from Atlit, was seriously hurt in Jabalia on Oct. 19.
His death brings the IDF’s toll in Gaza since launching its ground operation to destroy Hamas on Oct. 27, 2023, to 361.
Additionally, Ch. Insp. Arnon Zamora, a member of the Border Police’s Yamam National Counter-Terrorism Unit, was fatally wounded during a hostage rescue mission in Gaza in June, and civilian defense contractor Liron Yitzhak was mortally wounded in the Strip in May.
On Sunday, another IDF soldier died of wounds sustained in the northern Gaza Strip. Staff Sgt. Malachi Yehuda Harari, 22, of the Givati Brigade’s Rotem Battalion, was wounded on Oct. 18.
The military on Sunday evening also identified Sgt. Maj. (res.) Shaul Moyal, 47, of the Alon Brigade’s 8207th Battalion, as one of five soldiers killed in action in Southern Lebanon the previous day.
The other four Israel Defense Forces troops killed on Saturday night were named as Cpt. (res.) Rabbi Avraham Yosef Goldberg, 43; Master Sgt. (res.) Gilad Elmaliach, 30; Cpt. (res.) Amit Chayut, 29; and Maj. (res.) Eliav Amram Abitbol, 36. They all served with the Alon Brigade’s 8207th Battalion.
The total IDF death toll on all fronts since Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, massacre now stands at 772, according to official figures.
JNS
