IDF reservist killed by roadside bomb in West Bank

An officer in his unit, the 8211 Reserve Battalion of the IDF's Ephraim Brigade, was seriously wounded in the same incident.

Three more Israeli soldiers sustained less severe injuries in the explosion, according to military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari.

The IDF is investigating the incident, the details of which remain strictly classified.

It comes after five members of the IDF's Nahal Brigade were killed fighting Hamas in northern Gaza last week.

The losses were sustained just days before a truce with the Palestinian terrorist group went into effect at 11.15am on Sunday.

The IDF death toll since the start of the ground incursion into Gaza on October 27, 2023, currently stands at 408.

This rises to 841 when considering all fronts since the Hamas-led terrorist attacks in southern Israel on October 7 that year.

Additionally, Chief Inspector Arnon Zamora, a member of the Israel Border Police’s Yamam National Counter-Terrorism Unit, was killed during a hostage-rescue mission in Gaza in June, and civilian defense contractor Liron Yitzhak was mortally wounded there in May.