A British-Israeli soldier has been killed in battle in Gaza, the IDF has announced.
Sergeant Yisrael Natan Rosenfeld, 20, of the 601st Combat Engineering Battalion, was killed in the city of Jabalia. Initial reports suggested that Rosenfeld and his squad were investigating reports of an explosive device hidden inside a building.
Rosenfeld, from Ra’anana, is reported to have moved to Israel with his family 11 years ago. He is survived by his parents and three siblings – his sister’s boyfriend, staff sergeant Hallel Saadon, was killed by Hamas terrorists on 7 October during fighting near Kibbutz Sufa.
The death of the young soldier brings the number of IDF troops killed in battle during 21 months of fighting to 441.
The news comes after the announcement of the death of 7 soldiers of the 605th Combat Engineering Battalion last week, after Hamas placed an IED on their transport vehicle in the city of Khan Yunis.
Over the weekend, the IDF also announced that it had eliminated a senior Hamas leader, and one of the key planners of the 7 October attacks. Hakham Muhammad Issa Al-Issa was one of the founders of Hamas’s Al-Qassam brigade.
“As Head of Combat Support, he advanced aerial & naval attacks against Israelis”, the IDF said in a statement.
“The IDF & ISA will continue to locate and eliminate all terrorists involved in the October 7 massacre.”
