HY’D: Two More Soldiers Named In Friday’s Building Explosion

The IDF names the other two soldiers killed in Friday’s explosion in the southern Gaza Strip, during which four troops were killed and five were injured.

The slain soldiers are named as:

Sgt. First Class Tom Rotstein, 23, of the Yahalom combat engineering unit, from Ramat Gan.

Staff Sgt. Uri Yhonatan Cohen, 20, of the Yahalom combat engineering unit, from Neve Yarak.

On Friday, the army announced the names of Sgt. Maj. (res.) Chen Gross and Staff Sgt. Yoav Raver, who were also killed in the incident.

According to the IDF, the soldiers entered the building in Khan Younis to clear it of possible terror infrastructure, including tunnels.

The building was booby-trapped, and the explosion caused the structure to collapse on the soldiers, killing four and wounding five others, including one seriously.

Hamas took responsibility for the attack.