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IDF soldier killed fighting in south Lebanon in first casualty of ground operation
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The IDF announces the death of an officer who was killed during fighting against Hezbollah, the first fatality of Israel’s ground operation in Lebanon.
The soldier is named as Cpt. Eitan Itzhak Oster, 22, a team commander in the Egoz Commando Unit, from Modi’in.
Oster was killed during a battle with Hezbollah operatives in a village in southern Lebanon.