An IDF officer was killed and another officer was seriously wounded during fighting in southern Lebanon earlier today, the military announces.
The slain soldier is named as Lt. Ivri Dickshtein, 21, a platoon commander in the Golani Brigade’s 51st Battalion, from Eli.
According to an initial IDF probe of the incident, the officer was killed during an exchange of fire with Hezbollah operatives.
Dickshtein had led his platoon in an offensive in a village in southern Lebanon. Amid the operation, the troops entered a building where they encountered at least five Hezbollah gunmen.
The platoon commander was killed and another officer was seriously wounded during the gun battle. Another soldier was also moderately hurt in the incident. According to the probe, all five Hezbollah operatives were killed in the exchange.
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