The IDF reported on Tuesday that Staff Sergeant Yishai Mann, 21, a soldier in the Nahal Brigade's 50th Battalion, from Mitzpe Yeriho, was killed in a road accident while on duty near the Gaza Strip.
Additionally, a reserve soldier was reportedly seriously wounded in a battle in southern Lebanon on Tuesday and was evacuated to a hospital in northern Israel
The Mateh Binyamin Regional Council mourned Mann's death, saying in a statement: "It is with great sorrow we announce the death of Yishai Mann, a resident of Mitzpe Yericho in the Gaza Strip. Yishai, 21, is survived by his parents, Michael and Dina, and three siblings: Abigail, Moriah and Akiva. The Mitzpe Yericho's community and council teams stand by the family in this difficult time."
"We bow our heads in grief over this great loss and embrace the dear parents and siblings," Mateh Binyamin Regional Council head Israel Gantz said. "We feel the heavy and profound cost of the State of Israel's revival. We won't falter. We will carry on, with heads held high, to a complete victory thanks to Yishai and his comrades and thanks to the Mann family and all the other heroic families."
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