Overview
- The Israeli military said Staff Sgt. Touvel Yosef Lifshiz, 20, was killed in fighting in southern Lebanon, and it reported five soldiers wounded in the same clash.
- Lifshiz served in Battalion 13 of the Golani Brigade, an infantry unit known for frontline combat.
- Haaretz reported that his death raised the number of Israeli soldiers killed on the Lebanon front in the current war to 12.
- Mourners laid him to rest in the military section of the city cemetery, with former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Minister Ofir Sofer attending.
- At the funeral, Golani deputy commander Lt. Col. Naor Amihai called him “a top-tier fighter,” and the local mayor noted his volunteer work with at-risk youth.