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IDF soldier wounded in September in Gaza dies of wounds
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Cpt. Yarden Zakay, 21, a platoon commander in the Givati Brigade's Shaked Battalion. (Israel Defense Forces)
An IDF soldier wounded during fighting in the southern Gaza Strip in September succumbed to his wounds today, the military announces.
Cpt. Yarden Zakay, 21, a platoon commander in the Givati Brigade’s Shaked Battalion, from Hadera, was seriously wounded on September 17.
In the same incident, four other soldiers — Cpt. Daniel Mimon Toaff, Staff Sgt. Agam Naim, Staff Sgt. Amit Bakri, and Staff Sgt. Dotan Shimon — were killed, and several others were wounded.
According to an IDF probe, the soldiers were hit by weaponry that detonated inside a building in Rafah.
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