The IDF reported Saturday night that Sgt. Maj. (res.) Mordechai Ben Shoam, 34, a heavy truck driver in the Logistics Corps' 8119th Battalion, from Geva Binyamin, fell in action in central Gaza.
Sgt. Maj. (res.) Ben Shoam died from an explosive device that was detonated by a group of terrorists against an administrative convoy from a reserve armament unit operating in the Netzarim Corridor. Maj. (Res.) Yotam Itzhak Peled was killed in the same incident.
(Yoav Zitun)

