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IDF soldier killed in explosion in southern Gaza
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Staff Sgt. Amit Cohen (Israel Defense Forces)
An Israeli soldier was killed during fighting in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis earlier today, the IDF announces.
The slain soldier is named as Staff Sgt. Amit Cohen, 19, of the Golani Brigade’s 13th Battalion, from Holon.
According to a preliminary IDF investigation, Cohen was killed by a blast from Israeli military munitions that detonated inside a building in Khan Younis.
The explosion also seriously wounded an officer in the 13th Battalion, the IDF says. The military is further investigating the cause of the explosion.
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