— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 UPDATE: The IDF has officially confirmed the deaths of Israeli soldiers Maj. (res.) Moshiko Maxim Rozenwald, 35, and Sgt.-Maj. (res.) Alexander Anosov, 26, from the Engineering Battalion of the 'Nahal' Brigade.
— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 UPDATE: The IDF has officially confirmed the deaths of Israeli soldiers Maj. (res.) Moshiko Maxim Rozenwald, 35, and Sgt.-Maj. (res.) Alexander Anosov, 26, from the Engineering Battalion of the 'Nahal' Brigade.
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