An Israeli reservist was killed during fighting in the southern Gaza Strip earlier today, the IDF announces.
The slain soldier is named as Sgt. First Class (res.) Ariel Lubliner, 34, of the 6036 logistics unit of the 36th Division, from Kiryat Bialik.
The circumstances of his death are being investigated as suspected so-called friendly fire. A preliminary IDF investigation indicates he was killed by a bullet fired accidentally by another soldier.
Lubliner immigrated from Brazil about 10 years ago. He leaves his wife Barbara, an immigrant from Spain, and their nine-month-old son, Lior. Lubliner was due to finish this latest of numerous stints of reserve duty tomorrow, Channel 12 reports, and the family was set to fly to Brazil for a vacation.
The TV report calculates that Lubliner is the 900th soldier killed on all fronts since war erupted with Hamas’s invasion and massacre in southern Israel on October 7, 2023.
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