The IDF cleared for publication that Major Yuval Ezra from Herzliya, battery commander in the 411th Battalion of the Fire Brigade (282) of the Artillery Corps, was killed in a terror attack in the West Bank near the village of Tel. He was 27 years old at the time of his death. Also killed in the attack was Beniyahu Melet, 32, a member of the Gilad Farm security response team, who was designated as a reserve fighter by the IDF.