From IDF announces 6 soldiers killed in fighting with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Soldiers killed in southern Lebanon on November 13, 2024: (L-R) Sgt. Shalev Itzhak Sagron, Staff Sgt. Dror Hen, Cpt. Itay Marcovich, Staff Sgt. Nir Gofer, Staff Sgt. Sraya Elboim. (Israel Defense Forces)
Six Israeli soldiers were killed during fighting in southern Lebanon earlier today, the IDF announces.
Five of the slain troops are named as:
- Cpt. Itay Marcovich, 22, from Kohav Ya’ir.
- Staff Sgt. Sraya Elboim, 21, from Mehola.
- Staff Sgt. Dror Hen, 20, from Gan Haim.
- Staff Sgt. Nir Gofer, 20, from Dimona.
- Sgt. Shalev Itzhak Sagron, 21, from Sderot.
They all served in the Golani Brigade’s 51st Battalion.
The name of the sixth soldier will be published later, the military adds.
According to an initial IDF probe, the soldiers were killed in an exchange of fire with at least four Hezbollah operatives inside a building in a village in southern Lebanon.
At least one other soldier was moderately wounded in the incident.
