{"id":88968,"date":"2025-07-27T07:21:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T12:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=88968"},"modified":"2025-08-19T05:10:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T10:10:48","slug":"2-idf-soldiers-killed-in-southern-gaza-another-succumbs-to-his-wounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/2-idf-soldiers-killed-in-southern-gaza-another-succumbs-to-his-wounds\/","title":{"rendered":"2 IDF soldiers killed in southern Gaza; another succumbs to his wounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By JNS STAFF<\/p>\n<p>(<em>JNS.org<\/em>) \u2013&nbsp;The Israel Defense Forces announced on Sunday morning that two Israeli soldiers had been killed in combat in the southern Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_88969\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/slainidftroops-1320x880-1.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88969\" class=\"wp-image-88969 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/slainidftroops-1320x880-1-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/slainidftroops-1320x880-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/slainidftroops-1320x880-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/slainidftroops-1320x880-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/slainidftroops-1320x880-1.jpeg 1320w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88969\" class=\"wp-image-88969 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/slainidftroops-1320x880-1-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/slainidftroops-1320x880-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/slainidftroops-1320x880-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/slainidftroops-1320x880-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/slainidftroops-1320x880-1.jpeg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-88969\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Slain Israel Defense Forces Capt. Amir Saad, 22, a technology and maintenance officer in the Golani Reconnaissance Battalion, and Sgt. Inon Nuriel Vana, 20, a Golani Reconnaissance Battalion technology and maintenance soldier. (Photo credit: IDF)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The soldiers were identified as Capt. Amir Saad, 22, a technology and maintenance officer in the Golani Reconnaissance Battalion, from the Druze village of Yanuh-Jat in the Western Galilee, and Sgt. Inon Nuriel Vana, 20, a Golani Reconnaissance Battalion technology and maintenance soldier from Kiryat Tivon, near Haifa.<\/p>\n<p>The two men were killed by an explosive device, according to&nbsp;<em>Ynet<\/em>. Another soldier was said to have been moderately wounded.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday night, an Israeli soldier wounded in Gaza last week died of his injuries. Sgt. Maj. (res.) Betzalel Yehoshua Mosbacher, 32, of the 749th Combat Engineering Battalion, was critically wounded on July 19 when his Humvee struck a roadside bomb in Khan Yunis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTogether with all the people of Israel, we mourn the fall in battle in Gaza of our heroic soldiers: Capt. Amir Saad, of blessed memory, and Sgt. Inon Nuriel Vana, of blessed memory, fighters of the Golani Brigade, and Sgt. Maj. (res.) Betzalel Yehoshua Mosbacher, of blessed memory, a combat engineering soldier who succumbed to his wounds after being injured in battle,\u201d Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_88970\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Untitled-design-40-640x400-1-1320x880-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88970\" class=\"wp-image-88970 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Untitled-design-40-640x400-1-1320x880-1-300x278.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"278\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Untitled-design-40-640x400-1-1320x880-1-300x278.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Untitled-design-40-640x400-1-1320x880-1-768x712.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Untitled-design-40-640x400-1-1320x880-1-160x147.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Untitled-design-40-640x400-1-1320x880-1.jpg 936w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/278;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88970\" class=\"wp-image-88970 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Untitled-design-40-640x400-1-1320x880-1-300x278.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Untitled-design-40-640x400-1-1320x880-1-300x278.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Untitled-design-40-640x400-1-1320x880-1-768x712.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Untitled-design-40-640x400-1-1320x880-1-160x147.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Untitled-design-40-640x400-1-1320x880-1.jpg 936w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-88970\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sgt. Maj. (res.) Betzalel Yehoshua Mosbacher, 32, died from wounds sustained in battle in Gaza, July 26, 2025.( Photo credit: IDF)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cMy wife and I send our condolences to the dear families, and on behalf of the entire nation, we embrace them in their time of deep sorrow,\u201d he continued. \u201cWe also pray for the speedy recovery of the wounded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur brave soldiers risked their lives in the campaign to defeat the Hamas murderers and for the sacred mission of rescuing our hostages. We will not relent in these missions until victory is achieved,\u201d added Netanyahu.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the IDF announced the death in southern Gaza of Sgt. Maj. (res.) Vladimir Loza, 39, from the 5th Brigade\u2019s 7020th Battalion. A day earlier, the military confirmed that Staff Sgt. Amit Cohen, 19, from the Golani Brigade\u2019s 13th Battalion, had been killed when Israeli munitions exploded inside a building in Khan Yunis.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;death toll&nbsp;among Israeli troops since the start of the Gaza ground incursion on Oct. 27, 2023, stands at 454, and at 898 on all fronts since the Hamas-led massacre on Oct. 7, 2023, according to official IDF data.<\/p>\n<p>The IDF is continuing to press ahead with ground operations across Gaza as part of \u201cOperation&nbsp;Gideon\u2019s Chariots,\u201d a campaign to dismantle Hamas\u2019s remaining military capabilities, take control of key areas in the Strip and secure the release of the 50 remaining captives the terrorist group is holding.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"2%20IDF%20soldiers%20killed%20in%20southern%20Gaza%3B%20another%20succumbs%20to%20his%20wounds\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":88969,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[14749,14751,14750,14748],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88968"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88968"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88971,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88968\/revisions\/88971"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}