IDF announces fallen soldier Saar Eliad Navarsky, killed in combat in Lebanon

During the incident in which St.-Sgt.-Maj. (res.) Navarsky fell, three reservist soldiers from the 508th Battalion, 7338th "Adirim" Brigade, were severely injured.

 St.-Sgt.-Maj. (res.) Saar Eliad Navarksy (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
St.-Sgt.-Maj. (res.) Saar Eliad Navarksy
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

St.-Sgt.-Maj. (res.) Saar Eliad Navarksy was killed in combat in the North, the IDF announced on Tuesday.

Navarsky, 27, from Tel Aviv, served in the 508th Battalion in the 7338 Brigade.

During the incident in which St.-Sgt.-Maj. (res.) Navarsky fell, three reservist soldiers from the 508th Battalion, 7338th "Adirim" Brigade, were severely injured. 

The soldiers were evacuated to a hospital to receive medical treatment, and their families have been notified.

Earlier Tuesday, the IDF also announced that Staff-Sergeant Yishai Mann was killed in a traffic accident during operational activity near the Gaza Strip.

 Yishai Mann. (credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON UNIT)
Yishai Mann. (credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON UNIT)

According to the IDF's tally, the death of St.-Sgt.-Maj. (res.) Navarsky raises the total of soldiers killed on or since October 7 of last year to 751 

Some 356 of this number were killed since the start of the military's ground operations in the Gaza Strip on October 27.