An IDF tank battalion commander and three other soldiers were killed in a Hezbollah attack in southern Lebanon overnight, the military announces.
The slain officer is named as Lt. Col. Dor Gedalia Ben Simhon, 32, the commander of the 401st Armored Brigade’s 52nd Battalion, from Beit HaShita.
The names of the other soldiers are expected to be published later.
During the incident shortly after midnight, a suspected drone or anti-tank missile struck the battalion commander’s tank in the southern Lebanon village of Kfar Tebnit.
The exact cause of the explosion, which killed all four tank crew members, is under further investigation by the IDF.
Ben Simhon replaced the previous battalion commander, who was severely wounded in southern Lebanon in April.
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