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IDF announces death of soldier Omer Ginzburg in battle in southern Gaza
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Sgt. Omer Ginzburg, 19, killed in battle in the southern Gaza Strip on August 11, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
An Israeli soldier was killed during fighting in the southern Gaza Strip yesterday, the IDF announces.
He is named as Sgt. Omer Ginzburg, 19, of the Paratroopers Brigade’s 101st Battalion, from Kiryat Tivon.
Ginzburg was killed in a Hamas-claimed sniper attack in Khan Younis.
His death brings Israel’s death toll in the ground offensive against Hamas in Gaza and in military operations along the border with the Strip to 332.
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