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IDF says soldier killed in operational accident in northern Gaza Strip overnight

By Stav Levaton 4 July 2025, 10:53 am Edit

Stav Levaton is a military reporter for The Times of Israel

Sgt. Yair Eliyahou, 19, of the Combat Engineering Corps. (Israel Defense Forces)
Sgt. Yair Eliyahou, 19, of the Combat Engineering Corps. (Israel Defense Forces)

The IDF announces that Sgt. Yair Eliyahou, 19, from the community of Ezer, a Combat Engineering soldier in the Northern Brigade, was killed overnight during a combat-related operational accident in the northern Gaza Strip.

The circumstances of the incident are under investigation.

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