(JNS) Two IDF soldiers were killed and seven wounded, all of them seriously, when an Israeli Air Force helicopter crashed in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday night, Sept. 10.

The fatalities were named as Sgt. Maj. (res.) Daniel Alloush, 37, from Tel Aviv; and Sgt. Maj. (res.) Tom Ish-Shalom, 38, from Moshav Nes Harim. Both served in the IAF’s elite Unit 669.

According to a preliminary military probe, the UH-60 Black Hawk crashed en route to Rafah to bring a medical team to evacuate a seriously wounded soldier.

“It appears that the crash was not caused by enemy fire, and the cause is still being investigated,” the IDF said.