Staff Sergeant Kobi Idan, 26, of Eilat fell in battle when an advanced anti-tank missile hit the Merkava-3 tank in which he was riding. Idan and another soldier had arrived a few days earlier with the 434 Brigade and were operating near the southeastern Lebanese village of al-Khiam when they were attacked.
The other 15 wounded soldiers were operating above the Litani River in the eastern sector on Lebanon, in a village near the Hizbullah stronghold of Marjayoun, where heavy fighting continued throughout the day.
On Wednesday, 15 soldiers, all reservists, were killed and 34 soldiers were wounded in separate battles across southern Lebanon. Some 40 Hizbullah terrorists were killed as well.
Six of the wounded soldiers, including two regular army troops and four reservists, sustained serious injuries. Nine of the 15 dead soldiers and 11 of the wounded troops were hurt by an anti-tank missile fire aimed at a house in which they were operating in the village of Debil.
At least one soldier was killed by friendly fire in the village of a-Taiybeh after his group was mistaken by IDF tank troops as a Hizbullah terror cell. The tank opened fire on a house in which IDF paratroopers were operating.
Four reservists serving with an armored brigade were killed in a tank explosion and others were wounded in clashes near the village of Ayta al-Sha’ab. Another soldier was killed by a mortar near Marjayoun.
The other 15 wounded soldiers were operating above the Litani River in the eastern sector on Lebanon, in a village near the Hizbullah stronghold of Marjayoun, where heavy fighting continued throughout the day.
On Wednesday, 15 soldiers, all reservists, were killed and 34 soldiers were wounded in separate battles across southern Lebanon. Some 40 Hizbullah terrorists were killed as well.
Six of the wounded soldiers, including two regular army troops and four reservists, sustained serious injuries. Nine of the 15 dead soldiers and 11 of the wounded troops were hurt by an anti-tank missile fire aimed at a house in which they were operating in the village of Debil.
At least one soldier was killed by friendly fire in the village of a-Taiybeh after his group was mistaken by IDF tank troops as a Hizbullah terror cell. The tank opened fire on a house in which IDF paratroopers were operating.
Four reservists serving with an armored brigade were killed in a tank explosion and others were wounded in clashes near the village of Ayta al-Sha’ab. Another soldier was killed by a mortar near Marjayoun.