Eight hundred IDF soldiers have been killed in the Swords of Iron war in Gaza and Lebanon. The death toll hit its grim figure with the announcement that Sergeant First Class (res.) Roi Sasson, 21, from Mevaseret Zion, of the Nachshon Battalion in the Kfir Brigade, was killed in Jabaliya, Gaza on Tuesday.
Lt. Col. Yoel Glickman, commander of Battalion, was seriously injured in the operation. While White House advisor Amos Hochstein has spoken of his hopes for a ceasefire deal after meeting Lebanese officials in Beirut this week Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains determined to complete the IDF’s operations in Gaza and Lebanon.