Overview
- Sgt. Moshe Yitzchak Hacohen Katz, 22, was killed in combat in southern Lebanon, the IDF announced Sunday, and three other soldiers were moderately wounded.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered condolences, said Katz immigrated from New Haven and served in the Paratroopers Brigade, and the army posthumously promoted him.
- Israel said it completed a widespread wave of strikes against Iranian government infrastructure in Tehran, naming ballistic missile production, storage sites and command centers as targets.
- Hezbollah said it launched missiles, drones and rockets at Israeli positions near Safed in northern Israel, reflecting continued cross-border fire.
- His death is the fifth IDF fatality in southern Lebanon since Operation Roaring Lion began on Feb. 28, according to Israeli reports.