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IDF announces death of Sgt. Ori Ashkenazi Nechemya, 19, killed in battle in southern Gaza earlier today

By Emanuel Fabian 22 August 2024, 8:46 pm
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Sgt. Ori Ashkenazi Nechemya, 19, was killed in battle in the Gaza Strip on August 22, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
Sgt. Ori Ashkenazi Nechemya, 19, was killed in battle in the Gaza Strip on August 22, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

A soldier was killed during fighting in the southern Gaza Strip earlier today, the IDF announces.

The slain soldier is named as Sgt. Ori Ashkenazi Nechemya, 19, of the 401st Armored Brigade’s 46th Battalion, from Ashkelon.

According to an initial IDF probe, Nechemya was killed by anti-tank missile fire.

His death brings Israel’s toll in the ground offensive against Hamas in Gaza and in military operations along the border with the Strip to 336.

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