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IDF Names 2 Additional Soldiers Killed In Friday Gaza Building Collapse
- The IDF confirmed on Saturday that Sergeant Uri Yehonatan Cohen and Sergeant Major Tom Rotstein died in a Friday building collapse in Bani Suheila, Gaza Strip.
- The collapse occurred after a bomb detonated during a joint Maglan and Yahalom operation targeting a Hamas compound with tunnels near Khan Yunis, causing the building to fall on soldiers clearing the area.
- Four soldiers died in the incident and five were wounded, including a seriously injured Maglan reserve officer, raising the week's Israeli military fatalities in Gaza to eight.
- The incident took place shortly after 6 a.m. amid a ground operation by the 98th Division targeting a fortified Hamas position in an area previously declared free of hostile presence but now reportedly reoccupied, with an internal inquiry currently underway.
- Following the collapse, Gen. Eyal Zamir ordered tighter operational procedures emphasizing slow, cautious advances to enhance troop safety amidst ongoing combat with Hamas.
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Two of Four Israeli Soldiers Killed in Gaza Building Collapse Identified
Tom Rothstein and the late Uri Jonathan Cohen / Photo: Israeli army spokesman i24 News – Four Israeli soldiers were killed on Friday in the collapse of a building in Khan Younis during a military operation by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). The incident occurred during an offensive by the 98th Division targeting Hamas infrastructure in northern Khan Younis, near Bani Suheila. The fallen soldiers were identified as Staff Sergeant Tom Rotstein, 2…
Four Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza building collapse laid to rest on Sunday
Fallen soldiers Staff Sergeant Uri Yhonatan Cohen, Sergeant First Class Tom Rotstein, Sergeant Major (res.) Chen Gross and Staff Sergeant Yoav Raver, were killed on Friday in southern Gaza's Khan Yunis, after an explosive device caused the building they were in to collapse
IDF Names 2 Additional Soldiers Killed In Friday Gaza Building Collapse
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The IDF on Saturday evening released for publication the names of two additional soldiers killed in Friday morning’s deadly building collapse in the southern Gaza town of Bani Suheila near Khan Younis, according to a Ynet report. Join our WhatsApp group Subscribe to our Daily Roundup Email Sergeant First Class Tom Rothstein, […]
IDF names Sgt. Cohen, Sgt.-Maj. Rotstein as additional fallen soldiers in Khan Yunis
The IDF announced on Friday that four Israeli soldiers were killed and five others were wounded in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, when a bomb detonated, causing a building to collapse on the troops.
An IDF spokesman said the army is investigating whether the forces scanned the building with a drone before entering it. The father of one of the dead, Sergeant Yoav Rever, said that he understood the four entered the building because, according to intelligence information, it led to a tunnel "that may contain hostages or information about them." Maj. Gen. Tom Rothstein's mother: He simply exploded there, we don't even have a body, they identifi…
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