Maj. Itamar Sapir killed in southern Lebanon
The Jerusalem Post • • world
Key Points:
- Major (res.) Itamar Sapir, 27, deputy commander of a company in Battalion 7008 from Eli, was killed in combat in southern Lebanon, the IDF announced on Tuesday.
- Sapir died when Hezbollah militants fired from a church at IDF soldiers in the area, marking the tenth Israeli soldier killed in Lebanon since the ongoing ceasefire began.
- Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed condolences, highlighting Sapir's bravery and noting he left behind a wife and a young son.
- Recently, Capt. Maoz Israel Recanati, 24, from Itamar, was also killed in southern Lebanon; he was due to marry his fiancée in about a month.