IDF announces two fallen soldiers in Gaza Strip, Lebanon

Warrant Officer (res.) Shaul Moyal served in the 8207th Battalion, and Staff Sergeant Malachi Yehuda Harari served in the Rotem Battalion.

 Warrant Officer (res.) Shaul Moyal, Staff-Sergeant Malachi Yehuda Harari (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON UNIT)
Warrant Officer (res.) Shaul Moyal, Staff-Sergeant Malachi Yehuda Harari
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON UNIT)

The IDF announced the death of two soldiers, Warrant Officer (res.) Shaul Moyal, and Staff Sergeant Malachi Yehuda Harari, on Sunday.

Warrant Officer (res.) Moyal, aged 47, from Karnei Shomron, a soldier in the 8207th Battalion, 228th Brigade (Alon), fell during combat in southern Lebanon.

Staff Sergeant Harari, aged 22, from Even Shmuel, a soldier in the Rotem Battalion, Givati Brigade, succumbed to his wounds after being severely injured on October 18, 2024, during combat in the northern Gaza Strip.

According to the IDF's tally, the death of Warrant Officer (res.) Moyal and Staff Sergeant Harari raises the total of soldiers killed on or since October 7 of last year to 771.  

Some 360 of this number were killed since the start of the military's ground operations in the Gaza Strip on October 27, 2023.

 Israeli flags on graves of fallen soldiers in Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, on May 9, 2024, ahead of Israeli Memorial Day. (credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)
Israeli flags on graves of fallen soldiers in Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, on May 9, 2024, ahead of Israeli Memorial Day. (credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)

An additional four soldiers were killed earlier Sunday 

Four additional soldiers from Warrant Officer (res.) Moyal's Batallion fell in battle earlier Sunday.

The fallen soldiers were named as Captain (res.) Avraham Yosef Goldberg, 43, from Jerusalem; Staff-Sergeant-Major (res.) Gilad Elmaliach, 30, from Jerusalem; Captain (res.) Amit Chayut, 29, from Haifa; and Major (res.) Eliav Amram Abitbol, 36, from Eitan.