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The IDF declared three soldiers operating in Gaza dead.
Staff Sergeant. Lior Steinberg, Chief of Staff. OFEK BARHANA and staff sergeant. Omer van Gelder was a member of the Givati brigade of Israel, an infantry unit, when they were killed. According to the IDF, Steinberg and Barhana served as combat medical staff, while Van Gelder was a squad commander.
The IDF confirmed the death of the employee sergeant from left to right. Omer van Gelder, Staff Sgt. Lior Steinberg and staff sergeant. Ofek Barhana in Gaza. (Unit of IDF spokesperson)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a message expressing condolences. Netanyahu wrote in Hebrew that he and his wife Sara expressed their heartfelt condolences to the families of our heroic warriors. ”
IDF International spokesman Colonel Nadav Shoshani also expressed condolences in an article on X, listing the soldiers’ names and ages. All three are in their 20s.
The three men reportedly were among five soldiers from a Hummer in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, where their vehicles were hit by explosive devices, according to the Times of Israel. Two other soldiers in the vehicle were reportedly injured and in moderation.
On May 16, 2025, Palestinians fled with property as they fled their homes after Israeli air strikes. (Reuters/Mahmoud Issa)
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According to the media, Hummer is escorting IDF fire trucks in Gaza to extinguish a burning armored transport vehicle. Israel's Times reported that the cause of the fire is still unknown. According to the Times of Israel, the convoy was hit by several explosive devices while leaving Jabalia.
Israeli soldiers opened fire on Gaza from a location near the border on June 2, 2025 from Israel. (Reuters/Amir Cohen)
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The war in Gaza has been raging for 600 days since Hamas launched the massacre on October 7, 2023. There are still 58 hostages in Gaza, 23 of whom are believed to be alive, while 35 are confirmed dead, and their bodies remain at Hamas' hands. So far, 148 hostages and 48 corpses have returned to Israel. Recently, on May 12, Edan Alexander, the last living American held by Hamas, was sent back to Israel.