IDF paratrooper Yair Nifousy, 20, succumbs to wounds in Gaza
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Yair Nifousy, 20, an IDF paratrooper who succumbed to injuries on November 2, 2023 (courtesy)
A soldier who was critically wounded during clashes with Hamas terrorists in the northern Gaza Strip yesterday has died, the military says.
He is named as Staff Sgt. Yair Nifousy, 20, of the Paratrooper’s 101st Battalion, from Adi.
Another soldier from his unit was wounded in the same clashes.
Separately, the IDF says a reservist soldier in the Harel Brigade’s 429th Battalion was wounded on the Gaza border today. No further details are given.
