The IDF on Motzei Shabbos identified the names of the two other Yahalom unit soldiers who were killed in the explosion in a booby-trapped building in Khan Younis in southern Gaza on Friday.
They were named as Staff Sgt. Uri Yhonatan Cohen, H’yd, 20, from Ramat Gan, and Sgt. First Class Tom Rotstein, H’yd, 23, from Neve Yarak, a moshav in central Israel.
Two soldiers killed in the same incident were named on Friday.
Five others were injured in the incident, including a reserve commando officer in the Maglan unit who was severely injured.
Hashem Yikom Damam.
(YWN’s Jerusalem desk is keeping you updated after tzeis ha’Shabbos in Israel)
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Feel sorry for the soldiers, their families and friends; המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבילי ציון וירשלים
oh my god how manny beautiful young boys like them have to be killed?????such a pitty they even didnt start to live and bild a family so sorry about them my hart is broken only to see those happy young faces my condolenses to all their family friends and maybe partners