Overview

• Staff Sgt. Noam Israel Abdu, 20, was killed during combat operations in the northern Gaza Strip.
• The IDF's total death toll has reached 730 soldiers since the conflict's escalation on October 7 last year.
• Of the total casualties, 348 soldiers have died since the ground operations in Gaza began on October 27.
• Another soldier was seriously wounded in the same incident that claimed Abdu's life.
• IDF operations continue in both Gaza and southern Lebanon amid ongoing military engagements.