IDF soldier killed, three moderately wounded in Hezbollah rocket attack in south Lebanon

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Sgt. Moshe Yitzchak Katz
Sgt. Moshe Yitzchak Katz

An IDF soldier was killed in a Hezbollah rocket attack on troops in southern Lebanon overnight between Friday and Saturday, the military announces.

The slain soldier is named as Sgt. Moshe Yitzchak Katz, 22, of the Paratroopers Brigade’s 890th Battalion, from New Haven, Connecticut, in the US. Katz was a so-called lone soldier.

The rocket fire wounded three other soldiers moderately, who were taken to hospitals for treatment, the military adds.

The incident is separate from another rocket attack on troops in Lebanon on Saturday, during which some 20 soldiers were hurt, including seven moderately. Among those moderately hurt in that attack was a lieutenant colonel from the elite Yahalom combat engineering unit.

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