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Reservist officer killed in combat in southern Lebanon, IDF says
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Cap: Maj. (res.) Itamar Sapir. (Israel Defense Forces)
An IDF officer was killed in combat with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, the military announces.
The slain officer is named as Maj. (res.) Itamar Sapir, 27, a deputy company commander in the 551st Brigade’s 7008th Battalion, from the West Bank settlement of Eli.
Sapir is the eighth IDF soldier to be killed in southern Lebanon since the start of the ceasefire there, which has largely unraveled. He is the 21st since hostilities between Israel and the terror group escalated amid the Iran war. A civilian contractor was also killed in southern Lebanon.
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