The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday announced that five Israeli reserve soldiers were killed and 14 wounded in a battle with Hezbollah operatives in a southern Lebanon village on Saturday evening.
Bringing IDF’s toll in the ground offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon and during operations to 34, the slain troops were named as:
The troops all served with the Alon Brigade’s 8207th Battalion. Goldberg was the battalion’s rabbi, Chayut was a platoon commander, and Abitbol was a deputy company commander.