Tel aviv: The Israeli army announced today the death of Reserve Staff Sergeant Yona Efraim Feldbaum, a resident of Ra’anana, during a battle that took place south of the Gaza Strip. A military statement clarified that Feldbaum, 37 years old, was killed on October 28, 2025, and his family has been notified. The statement indicated that Feldbaum was posthumously promoted from the rank of sergeant to staff sergeant.

According to National Iraqi News Agency, Israeli army data indicates that 921 Israeli officers and soldiers have been killed since the beginning of the war in the Gaza Strip in October 2023. Meanwhile, medical sources in hospitals in the Gaza Strip reported that 59 people were killed, including 22 children, as a result of a series of new raids launched by the Israeli air force on homes and tents of displaced people in various areas of the Strip.

For his part, US President Donald Trump affirmed that the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas in Gaza “is not in any danger” despite the recent escalation in the Strip, and threatened to easily destroy Hamas if necessary.