The IDF announced that three soldiers, St.-Sgt. Lior Steinberg, St.-Sgt. Ofek Barhana, and St.-Sgt. Omer Van Gelder, were killed in battle in northern Gaza on Tuesday.
St.-Sgt. Steinberg, 20, from Petah Tikva, served in the 9th Battalion in the Givati Brigade as a combat medic.
St.-Sgt. Barhana, 20, from Yavne, served in the same battalion and brigade as a combat medic.
St.-Sgt. Gelder, 22, from Ma'ale Adumim, served in the same battalion and brigade as a squad commander.
All three were posthumously promoted from the ranks of Sergeant to Staff Sergeant.
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