Israel’s military has confirmed that one soldier has been killed and three seriously injured in the southern Gaza Strip, Al Jazeera reports.

The military identified the deceased as a 20-year-old sergeant in Israel’s Golani Brigade’s 12th battalion, while the three “seriously injured” soldiers were also from the same unit. All three have been evacuated from the Palestinian territory.

Yesterday, the Israeli military reported that a 28-year-old captain from the Golani Brigade’s engineering battalion was also killed in southern Gaza.

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