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IDF announces reserve officer Yotam Itzhak Peled was killed fighting in central Gaza

By Emanuel Fabian 17 August 2024, 8:28 pm
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Maj. (res.) Yotam Itzhak Peled (Israel Defense Forces)
Maj. (res.) Yotam Itzhak Peled (Israel Defense Forces)

An Israeli reserve officer was killed during fighting in the central Gaza Strip earlier today, the IDF announces.

He is named as Maj. (res.) Yotam Itzhak Peled, 34, a logistics officer with the Jerusalem Brigade’s 8119th Battalion, from Rosh Haayin.

Peled was killed by roadside bombs planted by Hamas in the Netzarim Corridor area.

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 333.

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