An IDF soldier was killed in a Hamas sniper attack in Gaza City yesterday, the military announces, APA reports, citing The Times of Israel.
The slain troop is named as Staff Sgt. Chalachew Shimon Demalash, 21, of the Nahal Brigade’s 932nd Battalion, from Beersheba.
According to an initial IDF probe, the soldier was manning a guard post at an army encampment when he came under sniper fire.