IDF Announces Additional Seven IDF Soldiers Killed By Hezbollah

IDF announces additional seven IDF soldiers killed by Hezbollah during Lebanon ground operation.

During the ambush, Hezbollah reportedly attacked the IDF soldiers with anti-tank missiles and forces on the ground.
The IDF announced the names of an additional seven soldiers who fell in battle in southern Lebanon Wednesday afternoon, as well as those who were wounded in the operations.

Earlier, the IDF announced the death of one soldier, Capt. Eitan Oster (22), from Modi’in.

The additional IDF soldiers killed in southern Lebanon that were published include:
Capt. Harel Etinger (23), from Eli, was the team commander in the Egoz Unit, Commando Brigade.

Capt. Itai Ariel Giat (23), from Shoham, was an officer in the Combat Engineering Corps, Yahalom Unit.

Sgt.-Maj. Noam Barzilay (22), from Kokhav Ya’ir, was a soldier in the Egoz Unit, Commando Brigade.

Sgt.-Maj. Or Mantzur (21), from Beit Aryeh, was a soldier in the Egoz Unit, Commando Brigade.

Sgt.-Maj. Nazar Itkin (21), from Kiryat Ata, was a soldier in the Egoz Unit, Commando Brigade.

St.-Sgt. Almken Terefe (21), from Jerusalem, was a soldier in the Golani Reconnaissance Unit, Golani Brigade.

St.-Sgt. Ido Broyer (21), from Ness Ziona, was a soldier in the Golani Reconnaissance Unit, Golani Brigade.

IDF soldiers who were wounded in the incidents

They were killed and wounded during Israel’s ground operation in southern Lebanon on Wednesday in a set of three different incidents.

In the incident where Captain Harel Etinger, Captain Itai Ariel Giat, Master Sergeant Noam Barzilay, Master Sergeant Or Mantzur, and Master Sergeant Nazar Itkin fell, an officer and four soldiers from the Egoz Unit, Commando Brigade, were seriously wounded.

In the incident where Staff Sergeant Almken Terefe and Staff Sergeant Ido Broyer fell, a fighter from the Golani Reconnaissance Unit, Golani Brigade, was seriously wounded.

In another incident, a combat medic from the 51st Battalion, Golani Brigade, was seriously wounded during fighting in the north.

All the wounded soldiers were evacuated to hospitals for medical treatment, and their families have been notified.