Oren Simcha Noach

July 20, 2014: Oren Simcha Noach, 22, was killed by Palestinian fighters during Operation Protective Edge military offensive.

Oren was a soldier who was killed in gun battles with Palestinian fighters, after the army invaded the Sheja’eyya neighborhood, in Gaza city.

The Israeli army issued a statement confirming that he was killed along with six other soldiers when an anti-tank missile struck their armored vehicle.

The number of soldiers killed in the same incident includes a soldier who was severely injured, and died from his wounds five days later. Oren was from Hoshaya, in northern Israel. Source: Haaretz