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Monday, March 9, 2026
IDF names 2nd soldier killed yesterday in southern Lebanon: Staff Sgt. Or Demry
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Staff Sgt. Or Demry of Moshav Liman (IDF)
Staff Sgt. Or Demry, 20, is named by the IDF as the second soldier killed in yesterday’s Hezbollah attack on troops in southern Lebanon.
Demry, from Liman, served as a heavy machinery operator in the 91st “Galilee” Regional Division’s combat engineering unit.
He was killed when a projectile, possibly an anti-tank missile or a mortar, struck a D9 bulldozer near an army post. The bulldozer had been working to extract a stuck tank, according to an IDF probe.
The attack also killed Sgt. First Class Maher Khatar, 38, and lightly wounded another officer.
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