Israeli Officer Killed in Lebanon Accident, War Deaths Reach 971
Translated & summarized from Behadrei Haredim by baba
Captain Eliab Haim Tzafalamus, 21, from Haifa, died Thursday in southern Lebanon when his Humvee overturned near the Litani River. Three other soldiers were lightly injured in the accident. His death brings the total IDF fatalities since the war began to 971. This follows two other soldiers killed in a drone incident in Gaza two weeks ago.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Captain Eliab Haim Tzafalamus, 21, from Haifa, was killed in southern Lebanon on Thursday.
- His death occurred when his Humvee overturned near the Litani River.
- Three other soldiers were lightly injured in the accident.
- The number of IDF soldiers killed since the war began has risen to 971.
- Two reservist sergeants died in Gaza two weeks earlier in a drone incident.
Captain Eliab Haim Tzafalamus, a 21-year-old officer from Haifa, was killed in southern Lebanon on Thursday when his Humvee overturned near the Litani River. Tzafalamus served as a combat officer in the 603rd Battalion of the 7th Brigade, 36th Division. The accident occurred in the afternoon, resulting in the deaths of Tzafalamus and injuries to three other IDF soldiers, who were lightly wounded and evacuated for medical treatment. Their families have been notified by military officials. With Tzafalamus's death, the number of IDF soldiers killed since the start of the war has risen to 971. This incident follows two other operational fatalities two weeks prior, when reservist Sergeants Nadav Kali and Ofek Moalem died in Gaza due to the explosion of an IDF drone at a military post.
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