Admin I Wednesday, June 25, 2025
KHAN YOUNIS – At least seven members of the Israeli Defence Forces, IDF have been killed by the Islamic Resistant fighters, Hamas in Khan Younis, Gaza.
According to reports, the soldiers, belonging to the the 188 and 605 Battalion arrived Khan Younis aboard a puma Amoured Personnel Carrier, APC in continuation of their mission in the Gaza Strip.
But unknown to them, a resistant fighter from the Al Qassam Brigade had approached the APC and attached an explosive device before withdrawing from the scene.
The APC exploded few minutes later. We gathered that because of the high conflagration that resulted, the soldiers were unreachable by rescue operatives.
A D9 bulldozer was called in to assist in dragging the bulldozer into occupied territories where the inferno was put off.
According to the IDF, the names of the six fallen soldiers whose families have been notified and cleared for publication are listed below:
Lieutenant Matan Shai Yashinovski, aged 21, from Kfar Yona, a Platoon Commander in the 605th Combat Engineering Battalion of the 188th Brigade, fell during combat in the southern Gaza Strip.
Staff Sergeant Ronel Ben-Moshe, aged 20, from Rehovot, a soldier in the 605th Combat Engineering Battalion of the 188th Brigade, fell during combat in the southern Gaza Strip.
Staff Sergeant Niv Radia, aged 20, from Elyakhin, a soldier in the 605th Combat Engineering Battalion of the 188th Brigade, fell during combat in the southern Gaza Strip.
Sergeant Ronen Shapiro, aged 19, from Mazkeret Batya, a soldier in the 605th Combat Engineering Battalion of the 188th Brigade, fell during combat in the southern Gaza Strip.
Sergeant Shahar Manoav, aged 21, from Ashkelon, a soldier in the 605th Combat Engineering Battalion of the 188th Brigade, fell during combat in the southern Gaza Strip.
Sergeant Maayan Baruch Pearlstein, aged 20, from Eshhar, a soldier in the 605th Combat Engineering Battalion of the 188th Brigade, fell during combat in the southern Gaza Strip.
The 7th soldier has not been named.
