The names of the fallen soldiers were:
– Captain Itay Marcovich, aged 22, from Kokhav Ya’ir, a Platoon Commander.
– Staff Sergeant Sraya Elbom, aged 21, from Mehola, Squad Commander.
– Staff Sergeant Dror Hen, aged 20, from Gan Haim, Squad Sergeant.
– Staff Sergeant Nir Gofer, aged 20, from Dimona, soldier.
– Sergeant Shalev Itzhak Sagron, aged 21, from Sderot, soldier.
– Sergeant Yoav Daniel, aged 19, from Nahariya, soldier.
All six IDF fighters were from the 51st Battalion of the Golani Brigade and were killed Wednesday morning in an encounter with Hezbollah terrorists in a village in southern Lebanon. Another soldier was moderately wounded in the same battle.
President Isaac Herzog eulogized the fighters in a post on X, saying, “Together with the entire people of Israel, I received with deep pain and sorrow the news of the fall of six Golani fighters, heroes of Israel, who fell defending the homeland in the battle against Hezbollah.”
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