Another Givati Brigade soldier killed in Gaza

The IDF has announced another death of an IDF soldier. 20-year-old Staff Sgt. Ido Eli Zrihen was killed in a battle in south Gaza.

Like Staff Sgt. Narya Belete, whose death was reported earlier today, Zrihen served in the Givati Brigade's reconnaissance unit. He was from Jerusalem.

In addition, an officer and two soldiers in his brigade were seriously injured.

240 soldiers have died since the start of Israel's ground invasion into the Palestinian enclave on October 27.

Overall, 579 IDF servicemembers have died since October 7 during the terrorist attack on the day and the subsequent Operation Swords of Iron.