The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) announced today the death of four soldiers in the fighting against Hamas in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighborhood this morning.

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According to a probe by the IOF, the troops were killed by an “explosive device or devices” in an alleyway in Gaza City.

The troops are named as:

- Sergeant Itay Livny, 19 years old, of the Nahal Brigade’s 931st Battalion, from Ramat Hasharon.

- Sergeant Yosef Dassa, 19 years old, of the Nahal Brigade’s 931st Battalion, from Kiryat Bialik.

- Sergeant Ermiyas Mekuriyaw, 19 years old, of the Nahal Brigade’s 931st Battalion, from Beersheba.

- Sergeant Daniel Levy, 19 years old, of the Nahal Brigade’s 931st Battalion, from Kiryat Motzkin.

Another officer and soldier of the same battalion were seriously wounded in the same incident – according to the IOF’s statement.

Another two soldiers of the 401st Armored Brigade’s 9th Battalion were seriously wounded by RPG fire on a tank in the Rafah area of southern Gaza.