The Israeli military said that one of its soldiers was killed in fighting in southern Lebanon on Saturday, marking the fifth such fatality since a US-Iran deal was reached to end the Middle East war.
Staff Sergeant Nir Ben Ari “fell in combat” in southern Lebanon, the military said, a day after four other Israeli soldiers were killed in fighting with the Iran-backed Hezbollah group.
The latest fatality brings the military’s death toll to 36 soldiers and one civilian contractor since fighting between Hezbollah and Israel began on March 2.
