According to her, a 36-year-old senior sergeant from the Alon brigade was killed in clashes with fighters of the Shiite organization Hezbollah in the south of the Arab Republic. He became the 12th Israeli soldier to die since the start of the ground operation against Hezbollah. The total number of Israeli military personnel killed during the new round of the Middle East conflict was, according to the army press service, already 731.
The situation in the Middle East sharply worsened after the infiltration of militants of the radical Palestinian movement Hamas from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory on October 7 last year, accompanied by the killing of residents of border settlements and the taking of hostages.
Israel announced a complete blockade of Gaza and launched a military operation in the strip. On September 23, the Israeli army launched Operation Arrows of the North against Hezbollah, during which it carried out massive airstrikes on military targets on Lebanese territory. On September 30, it announced the start of a limited-scale ground operation in border areas in southern Lebanon.
