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IDF major killed during fighting in Rafah today, says military
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Maj. Jalaa Ibrahem (IDF)
An IDF officer was killed during fighting in southern Gaza’s Rafah earlier today, the military announces.
The slain soldier is named as Maj. Jalaa Ibrahem, 25, a company commander in the Combat Engineering Corps’ 601st Battalion, from the Druze town of Sajur.
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 326.
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