21-year-old Israeli army officer killed during military operation in southern Gaza

Since Israel restarted its military operations in Gaza on March 18, more than 6,860 Palestinians have been killed and over 24,200 wounded.

Jul 11, 2025 - 20:30
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21-year-old Israeli army officer killed during military operation in southern Gaza

A 21-twelve months-previous Israeli military officer used to be killed in the heart of a military operation in southern Gaza, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said on Friday. The officer, Reei Biran, used to be a squad commander in the IDF’s special Golani Reconnaissance Unit. He died when a building exploded whereas his group used to be working inner it. The building used to be believed to be feeble by militants in Khan Younis, a metropolis in Gaza. The soldiers had entered it pondering it may own weapons or be feeble for attacks.

Later, the IDF launched one more commentary announcing that Israeli tanks and air force teams worked collectively to discontinuance an armed neighborhood that used to be transferring in direction of them in the identical dwelling. The military said they destroyed plenty of sites feeble by militants, every above the bottom and in tunnels, and also found weapons and equipment.

Correct about a days earlier, on July 6, the Israeli military and security agency Shin Guess said they'd killed the head of Hamas’ naval force in northern Gaza in the heart of an airstrike.

Israeli airstrike kills commander of Hamas’ naval force

An Israeli airstrike in Gaza Metropolis on June 30 killed Ramzi Ramadan Abd Ali Saleh, who used to be diagnosed by Israeli authorities as the commander of Hamas’ naval force in northern Gaza. Along with him, two other Hamas participants also died in the attack — Hisham Ayman Atiya Mansour, the deputy head of Hamas’ mortar unit, and Nissim Muhammad Suleiman Abu Sabha, one more member of the identical unit.

Israeli military and its inner security agency, Shin Guess, said Saleh used to be a key figure for Hamas, with deep info of its operations. They also said he had no longer too long ago been fascinated with planning attacks at sea targeting Israeli forces.

Since Israel restarted its military operations in Gaza on March 18, extra than 6,860 Palestinians hang been killed and over 24,200 wounded. Based on Gaza smartly being officials, the total quantity of Palestinian deaths for the reason that war started in October 2023 has now reached 57,418, with 136,261 others injured.

(With IANS enter)

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