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Wednesday, November 8, 2023
IDF names another soldier killed in Gaza ground operation
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The Israel Defense Forces announces that Staff Sgt. Noam Yosef Abou, of the Nahal Brigade’s 931st Battalion, was killed fighting against Hamas terrorists in the northern Gaza Strip today.
Abou, 20, was from the southern city of Dimona.
His death brings the toll of slain soldiers in Israel’s ground offensive in Gaza to 33, and 351 since October 7.
Separately, another two soldiers of the Combat Engineering Corps’ 7107th Battalion, a soldier of the 460th Brigade’s 198th Battalion and a soldier of the 460th Brigade’s 196th Battalion were seriously wounded in separate battles in Gaza today.