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IDF announces two soldiers killed in fighting in Gaza; Rocket alarm sounds in southern Israel | LIVE UPDATES

According to the IDF, two fighters were killed in fighting in the southern Gaza Strip

Israel Defense Forces announced the deaths of two Givati ​​Brigade soldiers early Sunday, bringing the number of soldiers killed in fighting in the Gaza Strip to 275.

First Sergeants Nachman Meir Haim Vaknin and Noam Bittan were killed in southern Gaza on Saturday.

According to Israeli media, Vaknin and Bittan were killed in an explosion. An officer and two other soldiers were seriously injured in the incident.

In another incident in the southern Gaza Strip, an IDF engineer reserve soldier was seriously injured.