The IDF announced that three soldiers were killed and two others were seriously injured amidst the fighting in the Gaza Strip. The soldiers have been identified as: – Maj. David Nati Alfasi HY’D, 27, a deputy battalion commander in the Paratroopers Brigade’s 202nd Battalion, from Beersheba. – Maj. Ilay Levy HY’D, 24, a company commander in the Paratroopers Brigade’s 202nd Battalion, from Tel Aviv. – Cpt. Eyal Mevorach Twito HY’D, 22, a platoon commander in the Paratroopers Brigade’s 202nd Battalion, from Beit Gamliel. Their deaths raises the IDF’s ground operation death toll in Gaza to 198. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)