Capt. David Hazut, a Golani Brigade platoon commander, was killed around 02:00 Sunday when Golani troops encountered a Hezbollah terrorist during a search in the Deir Siryan area of southern Lebanon, according to an IDF operational account published by Israeli media. Another soldier was lightly wounded; the military says the hunt for the terrorist continues.
Around 02:00 Sunday morning, a Golani Brigade patrol searching for a suspect in the Deir Siryan area of southern Lebanon encountered a Hezbollah operative who opened fire, killing platoon commander Capt. David Hazut, 21, and lightly wounding another soldier. The assailant fled, and Israeli forces struck the area with artillery. The military says the hunt for the terrorist continues. This development adds a specific location and timeline to the incident first reported earlier today: at 12:21 Jerusalem, the IDF released Hazut's name, and at 12:45, confirmed the light injury. The thread initially (first version at 12:38) described the fallen as a 'Golani soldier,' then progressively identified him as an officer and finally named him.
According to the IDF's operational account, the troops entered Deir Siryan to locate a suspect before the clash occurred. Deir Siryan is an area where Israeli forces continue to conduct operational sweeps under the ceasefire arrangements with Lebanon. The Zioneer previously reported on an Jun 18 incident where a soldier was killed by a Hezbollah IED during a foot patrol in the Litani area, and a Jun 26 incident where four soldiers were wounded by a grenade thrown by a Hezbollah operative near Beit Yahoun, who was subsequently killed.
The exact circumstances that brought the force to Deir Siryan and the specific intelligence behind the operation remain unreported. No claim of responsibility or comment from Hezbollah has been recorded in this thread.
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