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IDF announces reservist soldier killed in Gaza City fighting
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Master Sgt. (res.) Shlomo Yehonatan Hazut. (Courtesy, Israel Defense Forces)
An Israeli reserve soldier was killed during fighting in Gaza City earlier today, the IDF announces.
The slain soldier is named as Master Sgt. (res.) Shlomo Yehonatan Hazut, 36, of the Jerusalem Brigade’s 9207th Battalion, from Ashdod.
Another soldier was seriously wounded in the incident.
According to an initial IDF probe, the soldiers were hit by an explosive device planted on a road in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighborhood.
