Shalom Menachem named as eighth IDF soldier killed in Rafah APC explosion

Menachem fell alongside seven other soldiers in the Gaza Strip on Saturday.

Fallen IDF soldiers Shalom Menachem.  (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
Fallen IDF soldiers Shalom Menachem.
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

Sgt. Shalom Menachem, 21 from Beit El is the eighth IDF soldier that was killed in in Rafah from an explosion of an APC, the IDF announced on Sunday.

Menachem was a fighter in the  601st Battalion of the 401st Division.

His family was notified, and Menachem was promoted to the rank of Sergeant posthumously.