Three Givati soldiers fall in battle in Gaza

The IDF announced Wednesday the names of three soldiers who fell in battle in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday. The three were named as:

• Lt. Yaron Eliezer Chitiz, 23, from Ra'anana;

• Staff-Sgt. Itay Buton, 20, from Petah Tikva; and

• Staff-Sgt. Efraim Yachman, 21, from Neve Daniel.

All three were in the Shaked Battalion of the Givati Brigade. 

Six soldiers' deaths announced Tuesday

On Tuesday, the IDF had released the names of another six soldiers who were killed in Gaza.

• Staff Sgt. (res.) Elisha Yehonatan Lober, 24, from Yitzhar, of the 179th Reserve Armored Brigade’s 8104th Battalion,  was announced early on Tuesday morning. 

• Sgt. First Class (res.) Joseph Yosef Gitarts, 25, from Tel Aviv, of the 179th Reserve Armored Brigade’s 7029th Battalion, was the second soldier whose death was announced Tuesday.

• St.-Sgt. Daniel Nachmani, from Kfar Saba, who served in the 71st "Barak" Battalion, died of his wounds on Monday from injuries sustained during combat in Gaza last week.  

• St.-Sgt.-Maj. Maor Levi, 33, from Susya, a soldier in the 450th Battalion, was killed in central Gaza.

• Maj. Shay Shamiz, 26, from Merkaz Shapira, a commander in the 931st Battalion, was killed in battle in northern Gaza.  

• Capt. Shaul Greenglick, 26, from Ra'anana, an officer in the 931st Battalion, was also killed in battle in northern Gaza.