Staff Sergeant Yaniv Michalovitch, 19, from Rehovot, an armored corps soldier in Battalion 82 of the 7th Brigade (Saar Golan Formation), was killed by an anti-tank missile in Shejaiya in the northern Gaza Strip.
Since the beginning of the war on October 7, 2023, 880 soldiers have fallen, 20 of them since the beginning of this month.
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Staff Sergeant Yaniv Michalovitch
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The tank commander and another armored corps soldier were seriously wounded in the same incident. Two other soldiers were moderately wounded, and a sixth soldier sustained light injuries.
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In a separate incident, a soldier from the Egoz unit under the Commando Brigade was seriously wounded by an anti-tank missile fired at a building in Shejaiya. The soldiers were evacuated for medical treatment at a hospital, and their families have been notified.
In another incident, two soldiers were moderately and lightly injured when a D9 bulldozer ran over an explosive in Shejaiya. All the fighters were evacuated to receive medical treatment at the hospital and their families were notified.