Overview
- Sgt. Aviaad Elchanan Volansky, 21, of the IDF’s 77th Battalion, was killed when anti-tank fire struck a Merkava tank in southern Lebanon, the military said.
- According to the IDF, two missiles targeted the tank, with the Trophy active protection system stopping the first and a second missile hitting and killing Volansky.
- Four others in the crew were lightly wounded in the same incident, including two officers and two soldiers, the military said.
- News outlets reported Hezbollah fired the missiles, while the IDF provided the casualty details and did not issue a separate claim of responsibility in these accounts.
- Haaretz reported he is the fourth IDF soldier killed in southern Lebanon since the war with Iran began and the third killed by anti-tank fire, and Israel National News said he was laid to rest at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.