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IDF names fourth soldier who fell in Gaza battles on Wednesday

ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Updated:

The IDF announced the name of a fourth soldier that fell in battle in northern Gaza on Wednesday.

The soldier in question was IDF Maj. (res.) Yitzhar Hofman, 36, from Eshhar, a village in northern Israel. He was a platoon commander in the IDF's Sheldag unit.

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