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IDF says paratrooper killed, several others wounded during battle in southern Gaza
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Staff Sgt. Noam Haba of the Paratrooper Brigade's 202nd Battalion, who the IDF announced was killed fighting in southern Gaza on February 15, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
The Israel Defense Forces announces a soldier was killed fighting in southern Gaza, raising the death toll in the ground offensive against Hamas to 234.
The soldier is named as Staff Sgt. Noam Haba, 20, of the Paratroopers Brigade’s 202nd Battalion, from Jerusalem.
The IDF says that in the same battle in which Haba was killed, other soldiers were wounded, including a fellow member of the 202nd Battalion who was seriously hurt.
All of the wounded troops were taken to hospitals for medical care.
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