The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit announced early Friday morning that Sergeant First Class (Res.) Michael Mordechai Nachmani, 26, from Dimona, was killed in action in the northern Gaza Strip.
Nachmani, who served in the Combat Engineering 614th Battalion, fell to sniper fire on the outskirts of Gaza City’s Shati neighborhood. The incident occurred as Israeli forces were executing an initial withdrawal from the area.
This brings the number of soldiers who have fallen since the beginning of the war to 914.
In a separate development, the government approved early Friday the framework for the release of all hostages — including both the living and the deceased — according to an announcement from the Prime Minister’s Office.
Ministers Bezalel Smotrich, Orit Strock, Itamar Ben Gvir, Yitzchak Wasserlauf, and Amichai Eliyahu opposed the agreement, while Ofir Sofer of the Religious Zionist Party voted in favor.
Following the cabinet’s endorsement of the deal, a ceasefire in Gaza has officially gone into effect.
{Matzav.com Israel}
