HY’D: IDF Soldier Killed In Gaza Fighting

An IDF soldier was killed during fighting in the southern Gaza Strip earlier today, the military announced.

The slain soldier is named as Staff Sgt. Stav Halfon, 20, of the 603rd Combat Engineering Battalion, from Petah Tikva.

Halfon was killed by sniper fire in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis, according to an initial IDF probe.