IDF forces in north
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Released: 2 troops killed in Lebanon Sunday
It has been cleared for publication that two more soldiers were killed Sunday by anti-tank missile in south Lebanon, bringing number of IDF fatalities in war to 118
It has been cleared for publication that two IDF soldiers were killed when an anti-tank missile struck an Engineering Corps vehicle they traveling in near the south Lebanese village of Kantar, thus raising the IDF fatalities in the war to 118.
One of the soldiers killed was identified as Yevgeny Timofayev, 20, of Rishon Letzion. He will be laid to rest at 7:30 p.m. at Rishon Letzion’s military cemetery. The other soldier was reserves Staff Sergeant David Amar, 24, of Kiryat Shmona.
Seven more IDF troops were killed and 25 were injured Lebanon Sunday.
In the village of Abu-Tawil, located in south Lebanon’s Aita- al-Shaab region, an anti-tank missile was fired at infantry troops; an officer and three soldiers were killed and 20 others were injured, three of them seriously, in the incident.
In Tel Nachs in the eastern sector, just north of Metula, a tank belonging to an IDF reserve unit was directly hit by a mortar; an officer was killed, another sustained serious injuries and two soldiers were lightly hurt.
Two reserve soldiers were killed in the village of Kantar in the eastern region, after being hit by an anti-tank missile fired at the force.
