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IDF says reservist commando officer killed in Gaza, raising ground op toll to 224
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The IDF announces the death of a reservist killed during fighting in the northern Gaza Strip today, bringing the toll of slain troops in the ground offensive against Hamas to 224.
He is named as Maj. (res.) Yitzhar Hofman, 36, a commander in the Israeli Air Force’s elite Shaldag unit, from Eshhar.