The IDF reported Monday that Master Sgt. (res.) Etay Azulay, 25, of the elite 5515th Combat Mobility Unit, from Oranit, was killed during combat on the Lebanese border. Two other soldiers were seriously wounded in the same incident.
The military death toll since the start of the war on October 7 has risen to 728.
Meanwhile, rockets from Gaza targeted communities near the border at 6:30 a.m., coinciding with the moment the Hamas massacre began last year. Residents in the south and families of the victims were marking a moment of silence in memory of the atrocities. The rocket fire followed IDF strikes on Hamas rocket launchers and terror targets in Gaza.
Earlier, the IDF intercepted two hostile drones approaching central Israel from the east. Sirens sounded in Rishon Lezion, south of Tel Aviv, but no injuries were reported.
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Hezbollah munitions in secondary blasts after an IDF attack on the Dahieh
(Photo: AP)
Overnight, the IDF struck Beirut's Dahieh district, while Haifa, Tiberias and nearby areas in northern Israel came under attack. One man sustained serious injuries from shrapnel, with others also hurt while running for shelter.
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