IDF says Nahal officer killed fighting in northern Gaza, raising ground op toll to 176

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

Lt. Col. Roee Yohay Yosef Mordechay. (Israel Defense Forces)
Lt. Col. Roee Yohay Yosef Mordechay. (Israel Defense Forces)

The IDF announces the death of an officer killed during fighting in the northern Gaza Strip over the weekend, bringing the toll of slain troops since the start of the ground offensive against Hamas to 176.

He is named as Lt. Col. Roee Yohay Yosef Mordechay, 31, a senior commander at the Nahal Brigade’s training base, from Tel Aviv. Mordechay was appointed to be the next commander of Nahal’s 50th Battalion before he was killed.

Another soldier of the Nahal Brigade’s 931st Battalion was seriously wounded in the same battle, the IDF says.

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