IDF says Kfir Brigade’s Sgt. Tamer Othman was killed fighting in northern Gaza

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Sgt. Tamer Othman. (Israel Defense Forces)
Sgt. Tamer Othman. (Israel Defense Forces)

An IDF soldier was killed during fighting in the northern Gaza Strip earlier today, the military announces.

The slain soldier is named as Sgt. Tamer Othman, 21, of the Kfir Brigade’s Nahshon Battalion, from Kafr Yasif.

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 381. The toll includes a police officer killed in a hostage rescue mission and a Defense Ministry civilian contractor.

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