The IDF spokesperson has cleared for publication that Staff Sergeant Asaf Zamir, 19, from Dimona, a tank crew member in Battalion 53, 'Barak' Brigade (188), was killed by an anti-tank missile strike on a tank in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. During the incident in which Staff Sergeant Asaf Zamir fell, two tank crew members from Battalion 53, 'Barak' Brigade (188) were seriously wounded, another fighter was moderately wounded, and an officer commanding the tank that arrived to evacuate the wounded was lightly injured. The wounded fighters were evacuated to receive medical treatment at the hospital, and their families have been notified.