HY’D: Six IDF Soldiers Killed Southern Lebanon Fighting

Six Israeli soldiers were killed during fighting in southern Lebanon earlier today, the IDF announced.

Five of the slain troops are named as:

Cpt. Itay Marcovich, 22, from Kohav Ya’ir.

Staff Sgt. Sraya Elboim, 21, from Mehola.

Staff Sgt. Dror Hen, 20, from Gan Haim.

Staff Sgt. Nir Gofer, 20, from Dimona.

Sgt. Shalev Itzhak Sagron, 21, from Sderot.

They all served in the Golani Brigade’s 51st Battalion.

According to an initial IDF probe, the soldiers were killed in an exchange of fire with at least four Hezbollah operatives inside a building in a village in southern Lebanon.

At least one other soldier was moderately wounded in the incident.

The name of the sixth soldier will be published later, the military adds.