HY’D: Two IDF Soldiers Killed In Southern Lebanon

Two IDF soldiers were killed in separate incidents in southern Lebanon over the weekend, the military announced.

Cpt. Shahar Gamla, 23, a deputy squad commander in the Commando Brigade’s Egoz Unit, from Natur, was severely injured by a Hezbollah drone late Thursday.

He was taken to a hospital, and this morning, Gamla succumbed to his wounds.

In a separate incident on Friday, Sgt. Ohad Yaari, 21, of the Givati Brigade’s Shaked Battalion, from Rehovot, was killed by a suspected accidental firearm discharge in southern Lebanon.

The IDF says the circumstances of the incident are under investigation by the Military Police.