Squad commander, combat soldier killed in West Bank terror attack, IDF confirms
Staff Sergeant Ron Yonatan Roytman, aged 23, from Ashkelon, and Sergeant Yuval Shai Svilem, aged 20, from Hod Hasharon, were killed in a West Bank terror attack on Friday, the military announced.
Roytman was a squad commander, and Slivem was a combat soldier in the Ari Battalion (775), Search and Rescue Brigade, according to the IDF.
Both fell in combat at the Judea Junction when two terrorists traveling in a car with an M4 machine gun and a pistol opened fire on soldiers.
Three additional soldiers from the battalion were lightly injured.
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