The IDF announced that Captain Roy Miller, a 21-year-old platoon commander, was killed during combat operations in the northern Gaza Strip yesteday (Wednesday).
Cpt. Miller, from Herzliya, served in the Rotem Battalion of the Givati Brigade. Two other soldiers from the same battalion -- an officer and an enlisted member -- were seriously wounded in the same incident.
* The Times of Israel contributed to this report.
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