JERUSALEM, Dec 8 (NNN-MA’AN) – An Israeli officer was killed in southern Gaza, yesterday, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said in a statement.
The officer, Avraham Ben Pinchas, was a platoon commander in the 46th Battalion of the IDF’s 401st Armoured Brigade, the statement showed.
Israel’s Channel 12 News reported that, the officer was killed when an anti-tank missile hit the tank he was commanding.
The IDF said, Ben Pinchas was the 809th Israeli soldier killed since the onset of the Israel-Hamas conflict last year.
Israel has been launching a large-scale offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip to retaliate against a Hamas rampage through the southern Israeli border on Oct 7, last year.
The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks in Gaza has risen to 44,664, Gaza-based health authorities said in a statement, yesterday.– NNN-MA’AN
