Soldier killed in north Gaza battle, IDF announces

Staff Sgt. Shahar Cohen Mivtach
Staff Sgt. Shahar Cohen Mivtach

The IDF announces that Staff Sgt. Shahar Cohen Mivtach from Karmiel was killed during fighting in Gaza on Sunday.

Mivtach, 22, of the 401st Armored Brigade’s 9th Battalion, was killed in battle in northern Gaza, the army says.

His death brings the number of soldiers killed since the ground invasion began to 30.

In addition, the army says a soldier from the Paratroopers’s 202nd Battalion was seriously injured during fighting in Gaza Sunday.

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