Sgt. Yisrael Natan Rosenfeld killed in Gaza, bringing IDF wartime toll to 880

The IDF is continuing to press ahead with ground operations across Gaza as part of “Operation Gideon’s Chariots.”

By JNS

An Israel Defense Forces soldier was killed battling Palestinian terrorists in the northern Gaza Strip, the military said on Sunday.

The slain man was named as Sgt. Yisrael Natan Rosenfeld, 20, from Ra’anana. He served in the 601st Combat Engineering Battalion of the 401st Brigade.

On Tuesday, seven IDF troops were killed when their armored vehicle was struck by an explosive.

The soldiers were identified as Lt. Matan Shai Yashinovski, 21, from Kfar Yona; Staff Sgt. Ronel Ben-Moshe, 20, from Rehovot; Staff Sgt. Niv Radia, 20, from Elyakhin; Sgt. Ronen Shapiro, 19, from Mazkeret Batya; Sgt. Shahar Manoav, 21, from Ashkelon; Sgt. Maayan Baruch Pearlstein, 20, from Eshhar; and Staff Sgt. Alon Davidov, 21, from Kiryat Yam.

The same day, the military announced that a soldier was killed by an Iranian missile launched at the Jewish state. Cpl. Eitan Zacks, 18, from Beersheva, was a member of the IDF’s special operations Multidimensional Unit, aka Unit 888 and the Refaim (“Ghost”) Unit.

The death toll among Israeli troops since the start of the Gaza ground incursion on Oct. 27, 2023, stands at 436, and at 880 on all fronts since the Hamas-led massacre on Oct. 7, 2023, per official military figures.

The IDF is continuing to press ahead with ground operations across Gaza as part of “Operation Gideon’s Chariots,” a campaign with the stated goal of dismantling Hamas’s remaining military capabilities, taking control of key areas in Gaza and securing the release of the remaining 50 captives.