IDF says soldier killed during fighting in northern Gaza on Friday

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

Staff Sgt. Zamir Burke. (Israel Defense Forces)
Staff Sgt. Zamir Burke. (Israel Defense Forces)

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

The slain soldier is named as Staff Sgt. Zamir Burke, 20, a heavy equipment squad commander in the 601st Combat Engineering Battalion, from Beit Shemesh.

Another soldier was seriously wounded in the same incident, the IDF says.

In another incident, the military says a soldier with the 401st Armored Brigade’s 46th Battalion was seriously wounded during fighting in southern Gaza.

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