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Friday, April 25, 2025
IDF soldier killed, three wounded in fighting in northern Gaza
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
An Israeli soldier was killed and three others were wounded during fighting in the northern Gaza Strip earlier today, the military announces.
The IDF says the name of the soldier, who served as a tank driver in the 14th Reserve Armored Brigade’s 79th Battalion, will be released for publication later. His family was notified.
In the same incident, a reservist in the 79th Battalion and an officer in the elite Yahalom combat engineering were seriously wounded. Another reservist, in the Gaza Division’s Northern Brigade’s 8239th Battalion, was moderately hurt.
According to an initial IDF probe, the slain soldier was hit by sniper fire in the Beit Hanoun area, close to one of the military’s posts in the Israeli-held buffer zone.
The other troops were hit by anti-tank fire, according to the initial investigation.
The cell behind the attack apparently managed to flee.
The deadly incident took place not far from an attack on Saturday, in which Hamas operatives opened fire on an unarmored army vehicle, seriously wounding three soldiers, before planting a bomb in the area, which killed a soldier and seriously injured another.
The Times of Israel Community.