HY’D: Chabad Bochur One of Five Killed In Gaza Ambush

by CrownHeights.info

The fifth soldier killed in an ambush in Gaza Monday has been identified as Staff Sgt. Moshe Shmuel Noll HY’D, a Chabad bochur and Tomim from Beit Shemesh.

Noll, 21, served in the the Kfir Brigade’s Netzah Yehuda Battalion.

According to reports from the IDF, the infantry soldiers were hit by a bomb planted on the side of a road shortly after 10 p.m. on Monday, during ground operations in Beit Hanoun. The soldiers were operating on foot, and were not inside a vehicle.

During attempts to extract the casualties, the forces came under fire in the area, according to the probe.

Four other soldiers were also killed in the ambush, alongside 14 wounded.