Sergeant Rani Tamir, 20, from Ganei Am, a soldier in Battalion 50, Nahal Brigade, was killed during clashes with terrorists in the northern Gaza Strip. Thus, the number of IDF casualties since the beginning of the war rose to 489.
Another soldier from the 50th Battalion was seriously wounded along with him. The injured man was taken to hospital for medical treatment and his family was informed.
Over the weekend, 14 IDF soldiers fell. On Saturday night, the names of five fallen soldiers were allowed to be published, and yesterday the names of nine additional fighters were allowed to be published.
The IDF announced yesterday that it had completed an operation to dismantle and destroy Hamas' underground northern headquarters in Jabaliya in the northern Gaza Strip, and exposed documentation from the network of huge tunnels from which the bodies of several abductees were recovered.
His funeral will be held at 15 p.m. at Ganei Am Cemetery.
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