By The Jerusalem Post (Politics) | Created at 2024-10-19 16:47:30 | Updated at 2024-10-19 19:51:40
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St.-Sgt. Ofir Berkovich and Sgt. Elishai Young were killed in battle while fighting in the Gaza Strip, the IDF announced on Saturday.
St.-Sgt. Berkovich, 20, from Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut, served in the 52nd Armored Battalion, 401st "Iron Tracks" Brigade.
Sgt. Young, aged 19, from Dimona, also served in the 52nd Armored Battalion, 401st "Iron Tracks" Brigade.
Both of them were killed in the northern Gaza Strip.
According to the IDF's tally, the deaths of St.-Sgt. Berkovich and Sgt. Young raises the total of soldiers killed on or since October 7 of last year to 747
Some 355 of this number were killed since the start of the military's ground operations in the Strip on October 27.
