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IDF soldier Staff Sgt. Stav Halfon killed in fighting in southern Gaza

By Emanuel Fabian 18 June 2025, 8:07 pm
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Staff Sgt. Stav Halfon, killed in Khan Younis, June 18, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces).
Staff Sgt. Stav Halfon, killed in Khan Younis, June 18, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces).

An IDF soldier was killed during fighting in the southern Gaza Strip earlier today, the military announces.

The slain soldier is named as Staff Sgt. Stav Halfon, 20, of the 603rd Combat Engineering Battalion, from Petah Tikva.

Halfon was killed by sniper fire in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis, according to an initial IDF probe.

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