Staff-Sergeant Ron Epshtein was killed in battle while fighting in the Gaza Strip, the IDF announced on Thursday evening.
Staff-Sergeant Epshtein, aged 19, from Nesher, served in the Givati Brigade.
He fell in the northern area of the Gaza Strip.
Staff-Sergeant Epshtein was posthumously promoted from the rank of Sergeant to Staff-Sergeant.
IDF fallen soldiers since October 7
According to the IDF’s tally, the death of Epshtein raises the total of soldiers killed on or since October 7 of last year to 804.
Some 378 of this number were killed since the start of the military’s ground operations in the Strip on October 27.
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