Israeli forces announce death of two more soldiers

War / Terrorism

Christian Baha / DD

17 December

1 min read

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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on a social media platform X the deaths of two of their soldiers.

As Times of Israel reported, this brings the death toll of Israeli soldiers to 121, since the beginning of the ground operations.

Joseph Avner Doran was part of the defense forces' mobility unit and was killed in fighting in the north of the Gaza Strip, while the other one, Shalev Zaltsman, was killed in the southern Gaza battle.

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