IDF announces death of second reserve soldier in fighting on Lebanon border yesterday

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

A second IDF reservist was killed on the Lebanon border yesterday, the military announces.

The soldier is named as Warrant Officer (res.) Aviv Magen, 43, of the elite 5515 combat mobility unit, from Herut.

Magen was killed alongside Master Sgt. (res.) Etay Azulay, whose death was announced earlier.

According to an initial IDF probe, the soldiers were hit by a mortar on the border. Another soldier was seriously wounded.

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