HY’D: Three IDF Soldiers Killed In Gaza Blast

Three Israeli soldiers were killed during fighting in the northern Gaza Strip today, the military announces.

The slain troops are named as: Cpt. Ilay Gavriel Atedgi, 22, from Kiryat Motzkin; Staff Sgt. Netanel Pessach, 21, from Elazar; and Sgt. First Class (res.) Hillel Diener, 21, from Talmon.

They all served in the Kfir Brigade’s Shimshon Battalion.

According to an initial IDF probe, the soldiers were killed by an explosive device in the Beit Hanoun area.

Israel’s toll in the ground offensive against Hamas in Gaza and in military operations along the border with the Strip stands at 391. The toll includes a police officer killed in a hostage rescue mission and a Defense Ministry civilian contractor.