Overview
- IDF officials identified the fallen as Sgt. Liran Ben Zion, 19, of the 401st Armored Brigade, and said an officer was seriously wounded as troops search for the cell that launched the missile.
- The loss comes after Sunday’s funeral in Jerusalem for Sgt. Moshe Yitzchak Hacohen Katz, 22, an American-born paratrooper killed by rocket fire that also left three soldiers moderately wounded.
- Israeli forces operating in southern Lebanon reported finding Hezbollah weapons hidden in civilian locations, including a cache inside a school in Al-Khiyam with anti-tank rockets, mortars, grenades, and small arms.
- The military said it recently struck what it called Iranian government infrastructure in Tehran, tying clashes with Hezbollah on the northern front to a broader fight with Iran.
- Humanitarian strain in Lebanon is deepening, with the U.N. refugee agency warning that about one in five residents have fled their homes as combat and displacement spread across the south.