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The IDF on Wednesday morning announced the tragic deaths of 13 additional troops who were killed while fighting in Gaza, bringing the total death toll from within the Strip to 15, following two deaths on Tuesday.
Later on Wednesday, the deaths of another two soldiers in Gaza were announced, increasing the number of soldiers killed in battle in the Gaza Strip to 15.
The soldiers named were Lt. Ariel Reich, 21, from Jerusalem; Cpl. Asif Luger, 21, from Yagur; Sgt. Adi Danan, 20, from Yavne; Staff-Sgt. Halel Solomon, 20, from Dimona; Staff-Sgt. Erez Mishlovsky, 20, from Oranit; Staff-Sgt. Adi Leon, 20, from Nili; Cpl. Ido Ovadia, 19, from Tel Aviv; Cpl. Lior Siminovich, 19, from Herzliya; and Staff-Sgt. Roei Dawi, 20, from Jerusalem; and 2nd-Lt. Pedaya Mark, from Otniel, Staff-Sgt. Roei Sargosti from Nahal Haro’eh Farm, Sgt. Shay Arvas from Holon, and Sgt. Itai Yehuda from Rishon Lezion.
Their deaths followed those of 20-year-old Staff Sergeant Roei Wolf of Ramat Gan, and 20-year-old Staff Sergeant Lavi Li****tz of Modiin.
In all, 330 IDF soldiers have died since the Israel-Hamas war began on October 7th, making the current conflict Israel’s deadliest since the first Lebanon War, when 657 troops were killed between 1982 and 1985.

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A pilot and father has been identified as the final of the six occupants killed when a private jet crashedand burst into flames during a snowstorm in Maine last month.
Jorden Reidel, 33, was co-piloting the Bombardier Challenger 600 owned by a Texas law firm with his captain, Jacob Hosmer, when it flipped over in a fiery wreck during takeoff from Bangor International Airport on Jan. 25.
Reidel's identity was formally released by the Maine Office of the Chief Medical Examiner on Tuesday alongside those of three other victims: Houston lawyer Tara Arnold, 46; sommelier Shelby Kuyawa, 34; and Hosmer, 47.
Event planner Shawna Collins, 53, and chef Nick Mastrascusa, 43, have also been identified as victims of the crash by their families.
The six were onboard the plane owned by the Houston-based lawfirm Arnold & Itkin for business trip to Paris.
Reidel, from Conroe, Texas, began his aviation career in high school and earned his private pilot license in 2010 at the age of 17, according to his obituary.
He graduated with an associate of applied science degree in aeronautical technology from San Jacinto College in 2012, before receiving his airline transport pilot license in 2015.
"With his passion and strong work ethics, Jorden always strived toward advancing his training and received his helicopter rotorcraft rating in 2023. With his airline and helicopter licenses thus achieving his dream to be able to fly the open skies," his obituary said.
Reide married his wife, Jennifer, in April 2022. The couple welcomed their daughter, Kelsey, in 2024.
The young pilot — who was also a talented BMX bike rider, golfer, and boater - shared several pictures on Facebook of himself flashing a wide grin in the cockpit.
The Paris-bound private jet crashed as it was taking off from a refueling stop at Bangor International Airport amid a powerful snowstorm.
The six people aboard the jet were flying to scope out the next travel destination for high-net-worth clients of the concierge service "Beyond," founded by Tara and Kurt Arnold.
Kurt, a partner at the law firm that owned the plane, was not onboard while his wife Tara tragically died in the wreck.
The cause of the crash has not been determined, but experts say the NTSB will likely focus on the winter storm conditions and whether ice accumulating on the aircraft's wings stopped the plane from taking off.
Reidel is survived by his wife, young daughter, mother, father, two sisters, grandmother, in-laws, and "many other relatives and friends." He is preceded in death by "his best canine companion, Dozer," according to his obituary.

Four Israeli soldiers were killed, and several others wounded, during fierce fighting in southern Gaza’s Rafah area, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Wednesday. The fallen soldiers, all members of the Givati Brigade or its supporting units, were identified as Capt. Daniel Mimon Toaff, 23; Staff Sgt. Agam Naim, 20; Staff Sgt. Amit Bakri, 21; and Staff Sgt. Dotan Shimon, 21. In the same battle, an officer and two other soldiers from the Shaked Battalion were seriously injured, while two others sustained moderate injuries.
Staff Sgt. Naim, a paramedic, was the first female soldier to be killed in the ongoing ground operations in Gaza. She served in the 52nd Battalion of the 401stArmored Brigade. Capt. Toaff, a deputy company commander, and Staff Sgts. Bakri and Shimon served in the Givati Brigade’s Shaked Battalion.
The soldiers’ deaths brought the total number of Israeli troops killed since the start of the military’s ground offensive in Gaza on October 27 to 348. In total, 713 Israeli soldiers have died in fighting since October 7. President Isaac Herzog and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich expressed their condolences to the bereaved families, calling for continued determination to achieve victory and secure the return of Israeli hostages.

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Trooper Chelsea Richard was struck and killed by a vehicle while investigating a vehicle crash.
The vehicles involved in the collision had been moved to the shoulder. She was speaking with a tow truck driver and a family member of a crash victim when a pickup truck pulling a trailer left the roadway and struck all three individuals, killing Trooper Richard and the tow truck driver.
The third pedestrian suffered severe injuries and died several days later.
Trooper Richard remembered for her dedication, she had served with the Florida Highway Patrol for nine years and was assigned to the Ocala District Office. She is survived by her 4-year-old son, parents, brother, and grandparents.

The Israel Defense Forces has published the names of 945 soldiers, officers, and reservists — several dozen of whom are local security officers — killed during the ongoing war since October 7, including some 331 of them on the border with the Gaza Strip during Hamas’s terror onslaught, and 473 during a ground offensive in the Hamas-run territory and amid operations on the border.

Meanwhile, the Israel Police listed 58 officers who were killed confronting the terrorists on the Gaza border, two officers killed during operations in the Strip, seven officers killed in terror attacks in Israel and the West Bank, and three other officers killed during clashes with terror operatives in West Bank raids.

Approximately 1,200 people were killed as Hamas terrorists in Gaza launched a war on Israel on the morning of October 7, infiltrating towns, rampaging through military positions, shooting travelers dead on roads and in their homes and firing thousands of rockets at a wide swath of the country in a shocking assault.

Terrorists also dragged 251 civilians and soldiers into Gaza.

Twenty-nine soldiers, including a local security officer, have also been killed in attacks claimed by Lebanon’s Hezbollah and allied terror groups on northern Israel since the fighting started. 70 soldiers were killed during ground operations in Lebanon.

Fifteen soldiers were killed in attacks in the West Bank and Israel. Five soldiers were killed during counter-terrorism operations in the West Bank.

Two soldiers were killed in a drone attack from Iraq, and one soldier was killed in a ballistic missile attack from Iran.

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Sergeant Michael Schlattman was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer during a traffic stop.
Sergeant Schlattman had pulled over a vehicle near mile marker 170. While he was outside of his patrol vehicle, a semi-truck hit his vehicle, pinning him between the two vehicles. Sergeant Schlattman died at the scene.
The driver was injured and released. In May 2026, the driver was charged with careless driving and operation of vehicle on approach of emergency vehicle.
On that stretch of the highway, there have been over 100 crashes and multiple fatalities during sundown, as the glare causes low visibility.
Sergeant Schlattman had served with the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office for over 13 years. Survivors include his father, sister, his fiancee, and her children.

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Police Officer William Kasberg was shot and killed when his service pistol discharged as he prepared to enter training before 9:30 a.m.
Another officer who was en route to the training heard the gunshot and found Officer Kasburg next to his vehicle with a gunshot wound. Officer Kasberg was transported to University Hospital, where he died from his wounds.
The Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training, or ALERT, was held at the Columbia Heights Elementary School, which was vacant and was being used by the San Antonio Police Department for training.

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Four of Nine IDF soldiers have been killed while fighting Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, raising the total number of killed IDF soldiers over the weekend to 14. Another soldier was killed on Sunday in northern Gaza.

The IDF has released on Sunday the names of ten soldiers who were killed while fighting in the Gaza Strip on Saturday and Sunday. This takes the total number of soldiers who were killed over the weekend to 14.
Major (res.) Aryeh Rein, 39, an officer in the 79th battalion, 14th assault brigade, was killed in battle on Sunday in the north of the Gaza Strip.
In southern Gaza, four soldiers were killed in battle. They were identified as Staff Sgt. David Bogdanovskyi, 19, from Haifa, 603rd Engineering Battalion fighter; Staff Sgt. Orel Bashan, 20, from Haifa, 603rd Engineering Battalion fighter; Staff Sgt. Gal Hershko, 20, from Yiftah, 603rd Engineering Battalion squad leader, and Staff Sgt. Itamar Shemen, 21, from Lapid, a paramedic with the 77th Battalion.

Five additional soldiers were killed in battle in central Gaza: Master Sgt. (res.) Nadav Issachar Farhi, 30, from Herzliya, combat medic with the 7810 Battalion; Master Sgt. (res.) Eliyahu Meir Ohana, 28, from Haifa, 7810 Battalion fighter; Sgt. 1st Class (res.) Elyassaf Shoshan, 23, from Jerusalem, 6646 Battalion fighter; Sgt. 1st Class (res.) Ohad Ashur, 23, from Kfar Yona, 6646 Battalion fighter; Staff Sgt. Roy Elias, 21, from Moshav Tzofar, who served in the 603rd Engineering Battalion.

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A 23-year-old flight instructor was killed in a plane crash at a Virginia airport that was being piloted by an aviation student, police say.
The crash was reported Thursday afternoon just after 3 p.m. at the Newport News Williamsburg
International Airport.
Authorities say 18-year-old
Oluwagbohunmi Ayomide Oyebode of
Hanover, Maryland was piloting the plane - a single engine Cessna
172 - during take-off, The steep angle of the take-off caused the plane's engine to stall, officials say, and sent the aircraft into a dive. The plane crashed from a height of about 100 feet into an embankment near the runway.
Investigators say Viktoria Theresie
Izabelle Ljungman - the flight instructor and the licensed commercial pilot aboard the plane - was killed in the crash.
Ljungman was from Williamsburg, Virginia.
Oyebode and another 18-year-old male passenger were students in an aviation class. They were both transported to Riverside Regional Hospital with life threatening injuries.
The investigation is still continuing at this time.

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Police Officer Cooper Dawson succumbed to gunshot wounds he received while pursuing a subject who fled a traffic stop.
Officer Dawson stopped a driver who had multiple felony warrants. The driver fled the car on foot, and Officer Dawson pursued the subject. As Officer Dawson ran, he was ambushed by the subject, who struck him multiple times in the leg and chest. He returned fire, wounding the subject.
Officer Dawson was transported to a local hospital and then airlifted to Medical City Plano, where he passed away the following morning.
The suspect was transported to a local hospital in critical condition.
Officer Dawson was a United States Army National Guard veteran and had served with the Greenville Police Department for over a year. He had previously served with the Garland Police Department for seven years. He is survived by his wife and three children.