The 73rd day of the war: IDF Soldiers Killed in Southern Gaza Strip
This morning (Monday) the names of Major Uriah Bayer, 20 years old from Ma’alt Tarshiha, a fighter in the Magellan unit who died of his wounds after being seriously wounded on December 14, 2023 in a battle in the southern Gaza Strip, were allowed to be published. Also, the names of Major Liav Elosh were allowed to be published. 21-year-old from Gdara, a cherry fighter; Acting Major Eitan Naa, 26 years old from Kibbutz Sde Eliyahu, a Dovdvan fighter; Acting Major Tal Filiva, 23 years old from Rehovot, a fighter in the Yalam unit of the Combat Engineering Corps – who were killed in the battles in the southern Gaza Strip. Since the beginning of the fighting, 458 IDF martyrs have fallen. These are their names and stories.
According to reports from Gaza, “at least 15 people were killed in an IDF attack at night in the refugee camp in Nusirat in the center of the Gaza Strip.” In Syria, an Israeli attack was reported in the Damascus area. According to the Syrian Center for Human Rights, an opposition organization based in London, two people were killed and several Syrian soldiers were injured. It was also reported that Israeli missiles were fired at air defense centers and military outposts where Hezbollah-related forces are concentrated in the suburbs of Damascus. At the same time, the IDF attacked Hezbollah targets in Lebanon last night and foiled a terrorist cell that intended to fire anti-aircraft missiles into Israel.
News 13 revealed last night that IDF soldiers found secret Hamas documents in Khan Yunis, which prove that the terrorist organization had been preparing for the murderous attack for at least eight years. Among the documents, which originated in 2015 and some of which were labeled “restricted”, were photos of the Chief of Staff At that time, Gadi Eisenkot, as well as former Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman. The documents also detailed the structure of the IDF and the members of the General Staff.
The news was prepared by Or Heller, Alon Ben David, Hezi Simentov, Almog Booker, Moriah Asraf Walberg, Sefi Ovadia, Lior Keenan, Eli Senior, Yossi Eli, Yishai Porat, Gil Tamari, Neria Kraus, Yosef Israel, Ali Moghrabi, Noam Barkan. Hila Alroy, Meir Marciano, Shlomi Elder, Baruch Kara, Aviad Glickman, Matan Khodorov, Nega Nir Naaman, Chen Zander, Dor Cohen, Lior Wrotzlavsky, Mia Aidan, Ariela Sternbach, Sivan Alkalk, Talia Cohen, Liron Shemm, Noam Goldberg, Tal Shurer, Tal Shanhav, Roni Shchuchinsky, Elad Zini, Liran Aharoni, Uri Shabi, Ran Meir, and Danny Molcho.