Posted on 07/08/25
| News Source: Arutz-7
Tel Aviv, Israel - July 8, 2025 - The IDF cleared for publication on Tuesday morning that five soldiers from the Netzah Yehuda Battalion were killed, and 14 others were injured, two of them seriously, when an explosive device detonated in the Beit Hanoun area in northern Gaza.
The soldiers are: Staff Sergeant Meir Shimon Amar, aged 20, from Jerusalem, Sergeant Moshe Nissim Frech, aged 20, from Jerusalem, Sergeant First Class (res.) Benyamin Asulin, aged 28, from Haifa, Staff Sergeant Noam Aharon Musgadian, aged 20, from Jerusalem, and Staff Sergeant Moshe Shmuel Noll, aged 21, from Beit Shemesh.
The total number of fallen IDF soldiers since the beginning of the war now stands at 888.
The deadly incident occurred Monday night at around 10:00 p.m. A force from the Netzah Yehuda Battalion of the Kfir Brigade was advancing on foot along a route near operating tanks and engineering vehicles. The troops entered a field containing explosive devices, which detonated. During the subsequent evacuation efforts, the force came under gunfire in a combined terrorist ambush.
The tragedy in Beit Hanoun is the deadliest in Gaza since the Khan Yunis incident two weeks ago, when an officer and six combat engineering soldiers were killed by an explosive device detonated in an armored personnel carrier.
Prior to that, the deadliest incident in Gaza occurred in June 2024, when eight soldiers were killed in Rafah by an anti-tank missile strike on an armored vehicle.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mourned the incident, stating: "On behalf of all citizens of Israel, my wife and I would like to send heartfelt condolences to the families of our fighters from the Netzah Yehuda Battalion: Staff Sgt. Moshe Shimon Amar, Sgt. Moshe Nissim Frech, Staff Sgt. Noam Aharon Musgadian, Staff Sgt. Moshe Shmuel Noll, and Staff Sgt. Benyamin Asulin, fighters in the Northern Brigade, who fell in a terrible incident in the Northern Gaza Strip.
"On this difficult morning, the entire people of Israel bows its head and mourns over the loss of our heroic fighters, who gave their lives in the campaign to defeat Hamas and release our hostages. We embrace the families who have lost what is dearest to them; we pray for the full recovery of those who were wounded in the incident. Their sacrifice and heroism will be etched in our hearts forever. May their memories be blessed. May G-d avenge them."
