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Wednesday, January 3, 2024
IDF announces soldier killed fighting in northern Gaza, raising ground op toll to 175
The Israel Defense Forces announces that Sgt. First Class Meiron Moshe Gersch, 21, from Petah Tikva, was killed fighting in the northern Gaza Strip.
Gersch, a member of the Combat Engineering Corps’ elite Yahalom unit, is the 175th soldier to be killed in the ground offensive against Hamas.