Overview
- Israel’s military confirmed Thursday that Staff Sgt. Ori Greenberg, 21, and Sgt. Aviaad Volansky, 21, were killed in separate clashes in southern Lebanon.
- Greenberg died after a Golani reconnaissance unit met terrorists at close range around 2:10 a.m., with the unit reporting some attackers killed and ongoing searches.
- Volansky was killed when a tank force north of the Litani River was ambushed around 3 p.m., after its Trophy defense system stopped one anti-tank missile but a second hit.
- Four soldiers were reported lightly to moderately wounded in the tank attack, and another Golani soldier was lightly hurt in the earlier close-range clash.
- IDF figures list 928 military deaths since Oct. 7, 2023, and leaders voiced condolences as operations under “Operation Roaring Lion” continue, with the army chief visiting wounded troops.