(Clockwise from top left) Sergeant First Class (res.) Benyamin Asulin, Staff Sergeant Noam Aharon Musgadian, Staff Sergeant Meir Shimon Amar, and Sergeant Moshe Nissim Frech, who were killed in action fighting in northern Gaza.
By Mathias Inbar
The Israel Defense Forces named four soldiers had been killed fighting in the northern Gaza Strip Beit Hanoun on Monday, with another also killed in the same incident.
Fourteen soldiers were also wounded as the 97th Battalion (Netzah Yehuda) faced an IED attack.
The battalion’s losses included Staff Sergeant Noam Aharon Musgadian, Sergeant Moshe Nissim Frech, and Staff Sergeant Meir Shimon Amar as well as the Northern Gaza Brigade’s Sergeant First Class (res.) Benyamin Asulin.
The medical teams that entered the area to treat the wounded were also attacked by terrorists, with casualties also inflicted on these teams.
This part of northern Gaza has seen significant military activity to clear it of terrorists.
