Ibrahim Hamzi

Ibrahim Hamzi
Native name إبراهيم بن عمر إبراهيم حمزي
Birth name Ibrahim bin Omar Ibrahim Hamzi
Died September 2015
Jizan Region, Saudi Arabia
Allegiance  Saudi Arabia
Service/branch Royal Saudi Land Forces
Rank Brigadier general
Commands held 8th "King Fahd" Armoured Brigade (deputy)[1]
Battles/wars Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen (DOW)

Ibrahim Hamzi (died September 2015) was a brigadier general of the Royal Saudi Land Forces, deputy commander of the 8th Armoured Brigade near Jizan. He was killed during the Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war in late September 2015, being one of the most senior officers of the coalition of Arab nations to be killed. Hamzi died while being taken to a hospital.[2][3]

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