Staff Sergeant Nadav Cohen was killed in the battle in southern Gaza, the IDF has announced.

Cohen served in the 7th Armored Brigade's 77th Battalion. He was 20 years old and lived in Haifa.

Two hundred fifty-six soldiers have been killed since the beginning of the ground offensive in Gaza on October 27, 2023, in Gaza.

Overall, 600 IDF soldiers have been killed as a result of terrorist attacks on October 7, the subsequent Operation Swords of Iron in Gaza, military operations near the border with Lebanon and in Judea and Samaria, and as a result of attacks in Israeli territory.