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Friday, June 28, 2024
Soldier killed in Gaza fighting Thursday, army says
The IDF announces that a soldier was killed Thursday, bringing the death toll in and around Gaza after nine months of fighting to 316.
Sergeant Eyal Shynes, 19, from Kibbutz Afik was killed during fighting in southern Gaza, the IDF says.
Shynes served with the 931st Battalion in the Nahal Brigade.