From IDF soldier killed in Hamas sniper attack in Gaza City
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Staff Sgt. Chalachew Shimon Demalash, 21, of the Nahal Brigade's 932nd Battalion (Israel Defense Forces)
An IDF soldier was killed in a Hamas sniper attack in Gaza City yesterday, the military announces.
The slain troop is named as Staff Sgt. Chalachew Shimon Demalash, 21, of the Nahal Brigade’s 932nd Battalion, from Beersheba.
According to an initial IDF probe, the soldier was manning a guard post at an army encampment when he came under sniper fire.
His death brings the IDF’s toll in its new Gaza City offensive to two.
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