Major (Res.) Itay Galea, aged 38 from Ramat Gan was killed in the Hezbollah attack on a military base on the Golan Heights in northern Israel on Thursday, the military said. He was survived by his pregnant wife and two daughters.
Staff Sergeant Eyal Mimran was killed in Shejaiya in Gaza, in the fighting on Thursday. another soldier suffered serious injuries.
Over 200 rockets and missiles and dozens of drones were launched by the Iran-backed terror group at the Galilee and Golan region in the morning hours in retaliation for the targeted killing of Muhammad Neamah Nasser, the commander of Hezbollah's Aziz battalion.
Hezbollah said his death would be avenged and that it would target areas that had not yet come under attack. The massive barrage caused major brushfires all along the north. Some 25 firefighting teams and 9 aircraft participated in the efforts to extinguish the fires prompting the police to close down major highways.
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A brushfire on the Golan Heights after a Hezbollah rocket attack
(Photo: Efi Sharir )
The IDF struck Hezbollah targets in Lebanon in response to the barrages with air raids and artillery fire.