From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
IDF announces deaths of seven soldiers killed during fighting in southern Lebanon today
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The IDF announces the deaths of seven more soldiers who were killed during fighting in southern Lebanon today.
They are named as:
- Cpt. Harel Etinger, 23, a team commander in the Egoz Commando Unit, from Eli.
- Cpt. Itai Ariel Giat, 23, of the Yahalom Combat Engineering Unit, from Shoham.
- Sgt. First Class Noam Barzilay, 22, of the Egoz Commando Unit, from Kohav Yair
- Sgt. First Class Or Mantzur, 21, of the Egoz Commando Unit, from Beit Aryeh.
- Sgt. First Class Nazar Itkin, 21, of the Egoz Commando Unit, from Kiryat Atta.
- Staff Sgt. Almken Terefe, 21, of the Golani Brigade’s reconnaissance unit, from Jerusalem.
- Staff Sgt. Ido Broyer, 21, of the Golani Brigade’s reconnaissance unit, from Nes Tziona
The Egoz commandos were all killed during a gun battle with Hezbollah operatives in a southern Lebanon village, along with Cpt. Eitan Itzhak Oster, whose death was announced earlier.
Another officer and four soldiers were seriously wounded in the same incident.
The two soldiers of the Golani recon unit were killed in a separate incident, in which another soldier was seriously wounded.
In a third incident, a combat medic with the Golani Brigade’s 51st Battalion was seriously wounded.
In all, eight soldiers have been killed today during ground operations in Lebanon.
