On February 20, the IDF announced that Staff Sgt. Maoz Morell succumbed to wounds sustained during fighting in the southern Gaza Strip last week. The fighter of the Paratroopers Brigade's reconnaissance unit was 22 and was from Talmon.
237 troops have died in Gaza, near the border with Lebanon, in Judea and Samaria, or as a result of terrorist attacks on Israeli territory since the start of the ground offensive in Gaza on October 27.
Overall, 575 IDF servicemembers have died since October 7 during the terrorist attack on the day and the subsequent Operation Swords of Iron.
