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Their deaths bring the number of Israeli troops killed since the start of the war to 898. Eighteen soldiers have died so far in July.
Another reservist, a combat engineering officer from the 179th Division’s 710th Battalion, was also seriously wounded in the same incident.
Mosbacher, who worked for the Israel Electric Corporation, is survived by his wife Maayan and their young daughter.
Fierce battles in Khan Younis as IDF shifts focus to defense
As the campaign stretches on, Israeli forces are increasingly focused on defensive maneuvers rather than offensive operations against Hamas targets. The shift contrasts with current operations by the Kfir Brigade in the city’s densely populated core.
The IDF’s two primary tasks in Khan Younis now include securing those corridors with temporary outposts and leveling hundreds of buildings on both sides of the routes—up to 300 to 400 meters in each direction—to eliminate threats to the troops.
Combat engineers tasked with demolishing these structures are protected by infantry and armored units in grinding day-to-day operations. Simultaneously, other soldiers are engaged in securing the paths for tens of thousands of Gazans who surge daily toward food distribution centers. That security effort requires troops to patrol closely and frequently fire warning shots at civilians who veer outside designated zones, with the crowds approaching within just a few hundred feet of Israeli positions.
Despite these efforts, several major objectives remain. These include retaking the upscale Qatari-funded Hamad neighborhood in western Khan Younis, clearing the nearby refugee camp, and confronting the most complex target: Hamas’s “city within a city” in the Al-Mawasi area. That densely packed coastal zone between Deir al-Balah and the ruins of Rafah now houses an estimated 800,000 displaced people—alongside thousands of Hamas operatives and commanders.
A breakdown in hostage deal negotiations could trigger a large-scale, two-division assault on these remaining Hamas strongholds, a campaign that, once launched, could span months and prove difficult—if not impossible—to halt.
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