Ibrahim Omar Ibrahim Hamzi (died September 2015) was a

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of the Royal Saudi Land Forces, deputy commander of the 8th Armoured Brigade near

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. He was killed during the Saudi-led intervention in the

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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.Saudi general dies of wounds in Yemen conflict

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. Published 27 September 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2016.

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