Tributes have been paid to two soldiers, who were killed during fighting in Gaza’s Khan Younis, on Sunday.
The Israel Defense Forces announced the deaths on Monday. The deaths of the two soldiers brings the death toll of those fighting Hamas in Gaza to 229.
The soldiers were named as Sgt. First Class Adi Eldor, 21, of the Commando Brigade’s Maglan unit, from Haifa. And Sgt. First Class (res.) Alon Kleinman, 21, of the Commando Brigade’s Maglan unit, from Tel Aviv.
Eldor, from Haifa, was the son of Dr. Liron Eldor, a senior plastic and reconstructive surgeon at Rambam.