IDF says soldier killed in Gaza fighting, bring ground op toll to 127

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

Sgt. First Class (res.) Lidor Yosef Karavani, 23, of the Combat Engineering Corps' 8163rd Battalion, who was killed in fighting in the Gaza Strip on December 17, 2023 (courtesy)
Sgt. First Class (res.) Lidor Yosef Karavani, 23, of the Combat Engineering Corps' 8163rd Battalion, who was killed in fighting in the Gaza Strip on December 17, 2023 (courtesy)

The IDF announces the deaths of a soldier who was killed during fighting in the northern Gaza Strip yesterday, bringing the toll of slain troops in the ground offensive against Hamas to 127.

He is named as Sgt. First Class (res.) Lidor Yosef Karavani, 23, of the Combat Engineering Corps’ 8163rd Battalion, from Eilat.

Another reservist, of the 551st Brigade, was seriously wounded in the same battle in which Karavani was killed, the IDF says.

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