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Sunday, June 21, 2026
Fourth IDF fatality in Friday’s Hezbollah attack on tank named as Staff Sgt. Nave Habshoosh
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Staff Sgt. Nave Habshoosh, killed in Lebanon on June 19, 2026 (Israel Defense Forces)
Staff Sgt. Nave Habshoosh, 20, from Geva Binyamin, is named by the Israel Defense Forces as the fourth soldier killed in a Hezbollah attack on a tank in southern Lebanon early Friday morning.
On Friday, the IDF said Lt. Col. Dor Gedalia Ben Simhon, 32, the commander of the 52nd Battalion, and three members of his crew were killed after a Hezbollah drone or anti-tank missile struck their tank.
Yesterday, Staff Sgt. Yoav Klein, 21, and Staff Sgt. Liav Kababia, 20, were the second and third troops killed in the attack to be publicly named.
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