The IDF has identified three additional soldiers killed in the same incident as Lt. Col. Dor Ben Simhon, 52nd Battalion commander, who fell on Friday when their tank was struck in southern Lebanon. The military confirmed through President Herzog earlier Friday that four soldiers died in the event; this report details the three crew members alongside the commander.
At 09:57 on Friday, The Zioneer reported that an IDF battalion commander and three soldiers had been killed in a tank strike in southern Lebanon. The military later named the commander as Lt. Col. Dor Gedalia Ben Simhon, 32, and confirmed that three additional soldiers had fallen in the same incident. By 10:07, President Isaac Herzog had mourned the four, and by 10:55, the IDF announced all families had been notified. Now, the IDF has released the names of the three crew members killed alongside Ben Simhon. The military has not yet provided details on the identity of the three soldiers beyond the IDF announcement; their names may follow family notifications.
Earlier versions of the thread evolved in source quality. The first bulletin at 09:57 cited a single military source attributing the deaths to an upgraded Kornet missile, differing from the initial IDF announcement of an explosive drone — the cause remains unresolved. By the third version at 10:55, the IDF had confirmed the number of fallen but not the weapon. The new report at 11:09 calls the incident a tank hit without specifying the munition.
President Herzog noted that Ben Simhon had taken command of the 52nd Battalion after his predecessor was wounded, as The Zioneer reported at 10:07 on Friday and in a separate article. Ben Simhon is the fourth 52nd Battalion commander killed since October 7, as The Zioneer reported on Friday. The 401st Armored Brigade has seen sustained losses, with earlier casualties including Staff Sgt. Alexander, who fell on Thursday in a Hezbollah IED strike in the Litani area, as The Zioneer reported on Thursday.
What remains open: whether the tank hit was caused by an anti-tank missile or an explosive drone — both active threats on that front, as the thread notes. The names of the three additional soldiers have been released but are not yet detailed in this bulletin.
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