Sgt. Michalovich was killed, and eight had been wounded in a collection of incidents within the Shujaiya neighborhood in japanese Gaza Metropolis that started at round 9:00 a.m., in line with Military Radio.
The IDF introduced the demise of Sergeant (Sgt.) Yaniv Michalovitch in Gaza Metropolis on Wednesday.
Michalovitch, 19, from Rehovot, served within the 98th Division, within the Armored Corps 82nd Battalion, within the ‘Sa’ar Magolan’ seventh Brigade.
Sgt. Michalovich was killed, and eight had been wounded in a collection of incidents within the Shujaiya neighborhood in japanese Gaza Metropolis that started at round 9:00 a.m., in line with Military Radio.
Within the first incident, terrorists launched two RPG rockets at a constructing wherein an Egoz unit was stationed. Because of the strike, one soldier was reasonably wounded and one other was evenly wounded.
Roughly 20 minutes later, one other anti-tank missile was fired on the tank carrying the seventh Brigade. The tank was working with the purpose of finding the terrorists from the primary incident. Because of the missile strike on the tank, Sgt. Michalovitch was killed, and the opposite troopers within the tank had been wounded – two severely and one reasonably.
IDF troops function in Gaza, July 2, 2025. (credit score: IDF SPOKESPERSON’S UNIT)
Instantly following the 2 incidents, the IAF carried out a number of airstrikes to facilitate the evacuation of the wounded to a hospital and to try to kill the terrorists. The IDF is investigating whether or not the identical terrorist cell that fired the 2 anti-tank missiles was struck.
After the primary two incidents, a Hamas sniper fired from a mosque on the Egoz troops, and one soldier was severely wounded.
Following this, a D-9 engineering car hit an explosive gadget, wounding two troopers, one reasonably and one evenly.
The wounded troopers had been all evacuated to a hospital to obtain medical therapy, and their households have been notified.
IDF proclaims the deaths of eight troopers up to now week
The IDF introduced the demise of Sgt. Yisrael Natan Rosenfeld, who served within the IDF’s 601st Fight Engineering Battalion underneath the 401st Brigade, on Sunday.
He was killed after being hit by an anti-tank missile in Jabalya. The incident occurred whereas Rosenfeld and his battalion had been investigating a report of there being an explosive gadget in a constructing.
Final Wednesday, the army introduced the demise of seven troopers from the IDF’s Fight Engineering Corps in an incident the place a Hamas terrorist connected an improvised explosive gadget to a Puma-style troop transport car in Khan Yunis.
Michalovitch marks the ninth soldier killed in Gaza inside the previous week.
It is a growing story.