Large crowds of Israelis accompanied five soldiers to their final rest on Sunday, in funerals held nationwide for the troops killed in combat in southern Lebanon over the weekend. Among them, the battalion commander of the 52nd Battalion was eulogized separately on Friday.
A day of mourning across Israel as five fallen soldiers from the weekend's fighting in southern Lebanon were laid to rest on Sunday. The funerals drew large crowds, reflecting the heavy toll of the ongoing ground operation. The fallen include the five combat troops named in earlier reports by The Zioneer and Israeli media: Staff Sgt. Yoav Klein, Sgt. First Class Nir Ben Ari, Staff Sgt. Liav Kevavia, Staff Sgt. Naveh Havshoosh, and Lt. Col. Dor Gedalia Ben Simhon — the 52nd Battalion commander who was eulogized Friday. Sunday saw the additional burial of a fifth soldier, whose name has not been separately published in this batch but is understood to be among the five. The IDF has not yet released a detailed account of the specific engagements that led to the casualties over the weekend.
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