By Sunday, the official death toll had reached 600 — including many civilians and the commander of the Israel Defense Forces’ Nahal Brigade, one of the most senior Israeli military officials to be killed in recent years.

Source: https://www.jta.org/2023/10/08/israel/what-happened-in-israel-the-hamas-attack-its-grim-toll-and-whats-next-explained

In July 1998, while trying to cross the Philadelphi Corridor to Egypt, he escaped from a force from the Nahal 50th Battalion which was lying in ambush a few dozen meters away.

Source: https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/idf/iaf-attacks-home-of-shabbat-massacre-mastermind-mohammed-deif-killing-several-family-members/2023/10/11/