IDF announces death of Staff Sgt. Eytan Dishon from Jerusalem in Gaza fighting
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The Israel Defense Forces announces the death of a soldier killed during fighting in the northern Gaza Strip, bringing the death toll in the ground offensive against Hamas to 66.
He is named as Staff Sgt. Eytan Dishon, 21, of the Givati Brigade’s reconnaissance unit, from Jerusalem.