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Israeli army officer killed in Hezbollah rocket attack

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Jerusalem:

An Israeli army officer was killed by Hezbollah rocket fire on Thursday, the Israeli military said in a press release.

The officer was 38-year-old Itay Galea, a deputy company commander of the 8679th unit of the Israeli army’s 679th Armored Brigade, Xinhua news agency reported.

He was killed when a rocket hit the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights during massive Hezbollah attacks on Israel.

In retaliation for the targeted killing of Israeli military leader Mohammad Naameh Nasser in the southwestern Lebanese city of Tyre, Hezbollah fired around 200 rockets, missiles and drones at northern Israel.

Galea, a reservist officer, fought in the Gaza Strip before being sent to northern Israel as part of Israel’s preparations for a possible all-out war with Hezbollah.

His death was the 18th death among Israeli soldiers from Hezbollah attacks since cross-border fighting between the Lebanese armed group and Israel began in early October last year.

Tensions along the Lebanese-Israeli border escalated on October 8, 2023, after Hezbollah fired a rocket attack at Israel in solidarity with its ally Hamas’s attack on Israel the previous day.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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