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IDF: Soldier dies of wounds sustained fighting in northern Gaza earlier this week
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
IDF Maj. Gal Shabbat, 24, succumbed to wounds sustained fighting in Gaza on May 19, 2024. (Courtesy)
An IDF officer seriously wounded during fighting in the northern Gaza Strip on May 15 succumbed to his wounds, the military announces.
He is named as Maj. Gal Shabbat, 24, a company commander in the Paratroopers Brigade’s 202nd Battalion, from Katzir.
His death brings the toll of slain troops in the ground offensive against Hamas and in operations along the border to 283.
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