The Israeli military has said that an officer and a soldier from the Nachshon Regiment (90), Kfir Brigade, had been killed during combat in northern Gaza on Saturday. According to , the army identified them as Captain Yogev Pazy, aged 22 from Giv’ot Bar, a platoon commander, and Staff Sergeant Noam Eitan, aged 21, from Hadera. Another soldier was severely wounded in the same battle, the army added.