The IDF reported on Tuesday that Master Sergeant (res.) Saar Eliad Navarsky, 27, from Tel Aviv, was killed in combat in northern Israel.
Navarsky is the fourth Artillery Corps soldier killed since the start of the war and the first since the Hamas surprise attack last year. He died in a Hezbollah rocket strike in the Upper Galilee, which also left three soldiers seriously wounded.
The attack was part of a heavy barrage that included 10 rockets fired from Lebanon, landing southeast of Kiryat Shmona and igniting a brushfire, IDF officials said.
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Fire caused by a rocket attack on the Western Galilee
(Photo: Fire and Rescue Sevices)
Hezbollah, the Iran-backed terrorist group, claimed responsibility for the attacks, claiming that their targets included the IDF's Unit 8200 intelligence base north of Tel Aviv and an Iron Dome missile defense battery.
Rockets intercepted over Tel Aviv
(Photo: Yaron Barner)
Since early Tuesday morning, dozens of rockets have targeted Israel, with some reaching as far south as central Israel. In a kibbutz south of Haifa, around 20 homes sustained damage, according to local officials.
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