The Israeli military has announced that a soldier was killed on Wednesday during combat in northern Gaza, Al Jazeera reports.
The 21-year-old platoon commander in the 435th Infantry Battalion was killed in fighting while a captain and a combat officer were seriously injured in the same incident and have been evacuated to hospital.
The death brings the total number of soldiers killed during Israel’s ground offensive against Hamas in Gaza to 324, according to an Israeli media tally.
