Posted on 11/19/23
| News Source: Arutz-7
The names of three IDF soldiers who fell during the war with the Hamas terrorist organization were cleared for publication today (Sunday) after their families were notified.
The fallen soldiers were identified as
-First Sergeant Yakir Biton, a 34-year-old resident of Jerusalem, who served in the 8717th Battalion, 261st Brigade.
-Sergeant Major Rani Tahan, a 40-year-old resident of Sde Nehemia, who served in the 8717th Battalion, 261st Brigade.
-Major Chen Yahalom, a 35-year-old resident of Kfar Azar, who served in the 8159th Battalion of the Artillery Corps
Biton and Tahan were killed in battle with Hamas terrorists in Gaza on Saturday. Yahalom was killed in a car accident while on his way back from Gaza.
On Saturday night, the IDF announced the deaths of six soldiers who fell in battle in Gaza, including one who fell on November and five others who fell over the weekend.
On Sunday morning, the IDF cleared for publication the names of two IDF soldiers who fell in battle in the northern Gaza Strip:
- Sergeant Binyamin Meir Airly, 21, from Beit Shemesh, who served in the 101st Battalion, the Paratroopers Brigade
- Captain (res.) Roey Biber, 28, from Tzur Moshe, a moshav in central Israel, who served in the Yahalom unit of the Israeli Combat Engineering Corps