IDF: Two soldiers killed, two seriously injured during fighting in northern Gaza today

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Two IDF soldiers were killed and two others were seriously wounded during fighting in the northern Gaza Strip earlier today, the military announces.

One of the slain soldiers is named as Cpt. Eitan Israel Shiknazi, 24, a deputy company commander in the Nahal Brigade’s 932nd Battalion, from Eli.

Cpt. Eitan Israel Shiknazi, 24, killed fighting in the Gaza Strip on January 6, 2024. (Courtesy)

The name of the second slain soldier will be released later, the military says.

The IDF adds that two other soldiers of the 932nd Battalion were seriously wounded in the same incident in northern Gaza’s Beit Hanoun.

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