The anti-tank missile fired from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday killed a 21-year-old Israeli soldier — the first military death in the …
The anti-tank missile fired from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday killed a 21-year-old Israeli soldier — the first military death in the escalating Israeli-Hamas violence, officials said. The Israel Defense Forces identified the dead soldier as Staff Sgt. Omer Tabib, a member of the Nahal Infantry Brigade’s 931 st Battalion, the Times of Israel reported. The strike also wounded two other soldiers, officials said. Tabib was “killed this morning by the anti-tank missile launched by the Hamas terror group from Gaza at Israel,” the IDF said in a statement, adding that one of the two soldiers who were injured is an officer. Gil Timor, the deputy mayor of the Hof Ashkelon region, also suffered a moderate shrapnel injury as he helped pull the other men from the vehicle, the news outlet reported.
