The IDF announced overnight the tragic death of three more soldiers R”L, who were murdered in the northern Gaza Strip yesterday during clashes with Hamas.
Lt. (res.) Yuval Zilber HY”D, 25 years old, a commander in the 7007th Battalion of the Jerusalem Brigade from Ramat Gan. Yuval was killed in the northern Gaza Strip yesterday.
Lt. Col. Salman Habaka HY”D, the Druze commander of 188th Armored Brigade’s 53rd Battalion, also fell in battle in the Gaza Strip. He was 33-year-old.On Oct 7th, Salman was among the first to battle Hamas in Kibbutz Be’eri, killing dozens of terrorists. He is survived by his wife and their two-year-old child.
A reserve soldier was also killed last night by a mortar shell explosion launched from Gaza in Kibbutz Be’eri. He was idenitified as Sgt. 1st Class (res.) Shalev Zion Sharabi, from the Teneh Omarim settlment in the West Bank.
The total number of soldiers killed since the start of ground invasion into Gaza is 18 R”L. The total number of soldiers killed since the horrific massacre on October 7th is now 333 R”L.
HY”D. Hamakom Yinacheim Eschem. Besuros Tovos. Yihi Zichrom Baruch.
IDF released the names of 2 additional soldiers killed in Gaza: Lt.-Col. Salman Habaka (right) and Lt. (res) Yuval Zilber (left) who fought to defend #Israel and save the kidnapped. This amounts to a total of 17 soldiers who lost their lives in #Gaza. May their memories forever… pic.twitter.com/OEUb9qzXtU
— StandWithUs (@StandWithUs) November 2, 2023
IDF names latest soldier killed in Gaza as Lt. (res) Yuval Zilber of Ramat Ganhttps://t.co/e7tZGv7oqH#ILHWarBlog #hamaswar #GazaWar #gazawar2023 #Israel #IsraelUnderAttack #Hamas #HamasisISIS #StandWithIsrael #FreeGazaFromHamas pic.twitter.com/KvHxW4VVx5
— Israel Hayom English (@IsraelHayomEng) November 2, 2023
OUR HEARTS BREAK
Lt.-Col. Salman Habaka, 33, husband & father of a 2-year-old, from Israel’s Druze community, was killed in Gaza.
Salman entered Kibbut Be’eri on 10/7 and killed dozens of Hamas terrorists, rescuing surviving Kibbutz residents.
May God comfort his family. pic.twitter.com/A9BOaJrUFv— Dov Lipman (@DovLipman) November 2, 2023
