Overview
- Sgt. Moshe Yitzchak Katz, a 22-year-old Chabad member from New Haven, was killed Saturday while fighting in Lebanon during his IDF service.
- He served with the rank of sergeant in the Israel Defense Forces and was the son of Mendy and Devorah Katz.
- CrownHeights.info described him as a lone soldier, a term for troops who serve in Israel without immediate family living there.
- Community outlets say his levaya, a Jewish funeral and burial, will take place in Israel.
- CrownHeights.info reported he died in a Hezbollah attack in southern Lebanon, a detail not confirmed by the other reports.