The IDF published the names of three more fallen soldiers on Thursday, bringing the total number of Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza to 55.
One of the fallen soldiers, Captain Asaf Master, served in the 401st "Iron Tracks" Brigade.
Master, who was a company commander of Battalion 601, fell in combat in the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday at the age of 22.
He was posthumously promoted from lieutenant to the rank of captain.
Master hailed from Kibbutz Be'eri, one of the southern Israeli communities hit hardest by Hamas’s attack on October 7.
Another of the soldiers killed in combat in north Gaza, Captain Shlomo Ben Nun, of the 35th "Paratroopers" Brigade, fell in battle on Thursday, also at the age of 22.
Ben Nun, a company commander in Battalion 202, came from Modi’in and was likewise posthumously promoted to the rank of captain.
The third fallen soldier named by the IDF is Captain Kfir Yitzhak Franco, also 22 years old. Franco also served in the 401st "Iron Tracks" Brigade. He was a platoon commander of the 52nd Battalion.
A recent immigrant
According to N12, Franco was a member of a small family of recent immigrants to Israel and was supposed to get married after his service in Gaza.