IDF's death toll in Gaza up to 55 after 3 more officers killed
Additionally two reservists were seriously wounded, iDF says
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced early on Thursday Capt. Asaf Master and Capt. Kfir Itzhak Franco, both aged 22, as the latest fatalities in the Gaza war.
A few hours later, the army also announced th death of Captain Shlomo Ben Nun, 22, killed in combat overnight in Gaza. This takes Israel's military death toll since start of ground operation up to 55.
Master, from Kibbutz Bahan in central Israel, a platoon commander in the 401st Brigade’s 601 Battalion (part of the Combat Engineering Corps); Jerusalemite Franco was a platoon commander in the 401st Brigade’s 52nd Battalion.
On Wednsday a reserves officer with the Negev Brigade was seriously wounded during fighting in northern Gaza, and a reserves military member with the Gaza Division was seriously wounded during operational activity in the vicinity of the border fence.