Early Friday morning, the IDF released the names of two soldiers who were tragically killed in combat operations in Gaza.
Sergeant Yishai Elyakim Urbach, 20, from Zikhron Ya’akov, was serving with the 605th Combat Engineering Battalion under the 188th Brigade when he lost his life during fighting in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
Staff Sergeant Yam Frid, 21, of Sal’it, a member of the Golani Reconnaissance Unit within the Golani Brigade, was also killed in action in the same region.
These two latest casualties bring the number of IDF soldiers who have fallen since the war’s outbreak to 856.
In the same battle in which Sergeant Yishai Elyakim Urbach was killed, another member of the 605th Combat Engineering Battalion from the 188th Brigade sustained critical injuries. A different soldier was reported to be moderately wounded in the incident.
The confrontation that claimed the life of Staff Sergeant Yam Frid also left several others wounded. Among them were a combat officer from the Golani Reconnaissance Unit, another officer from the 605th Combat Engineering Battalion of the 188th Brigade, and an additional soldier from the same unit—all of whom suffered serious injuries. One other soldier was hurt moderately.
All the injured troops were transported to a medical facility for treatment, and their families have been informed of their conditions.
{Matzav.com Israel}
