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IDF says soldier killed in Gaza yesterday, raising toll of op to 339
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
An IDF soldier was killed during fighting in the southern Gaza Strip yesterday, the military announces.
The slain soldier is named as Staff Sgt. Amit Tsadikov, 20, of the Paratroopers Brigade’s 202nd Battalion, from Beit Dagan.
According to an initial IDF probe, Tsadikov was killed by an explosive device in Khan Younis.
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 339.