The IDF has authorized the publication of the name of a fallen soldier. Staff Sgt. (res.) Alexander Filin, 29, from Haifa, a fighter with the 36th Division headquarters, fell in battle in southern Lebanon. Seven soldiers were wounded in the same incident, according to previous reports.
The IDF has identified the soldier killed in southern Lebanon as Staff Sgt. (res.) Alexander Filin, 29, from Haifa, a fighter with the 36th Division headquarters. The clearance to publish his name came at 06:22 Jerusalem — the same time as earlier thread items — as the full sequence of the incident became clear.
At 06:05 Jerusalem, The Zioneer first reported that Filin had been killed by a Hezbollah-planted explosive device during a foot patrol near the village of Tayba, with seven soldiers wounded including the deputy commander of the 36th Division (a colonel). By 06:22, several Israeli news outlets had confirmed the cause, and the IDF released Filin's name. At 07:50 Jerusalem, Defense Minister Israel Katz extended condolences to the family, noting Filin's repeated volunteerism for reserve duty.
The incident is the latest in a series of Hezbollah IED and drone attacks against IDF troops in southern Lebanon. As The Zioneer previously reported, two soldiers were killed in the area on June 7 — one by a Hezbollah drone and one in a suspected accidental discharge. Separately, on June 11, a female soldier was moderately wounded by an explosive drone.
The information about the precise circumstances of Filin's death — that an IED, not small-arms fire, caused the casualties — remains sourced from initial news reports and has been confirmed by the IDF in the name clearance. The condition of the wounded soldiers has not been updated since the early reports of three moderate and four light injuries, with the colonel's status still described as moderate.
5 developments
- DevelopingIDF confirms Staff Sgt. (res.) Alexander Filin, 29, killed in Southern Lebanon IED attack; 7 wounded
- StrongDefense Minister Katz sends condolences to family of fallen reservist Filin
- DevelopingReservist recounts saving comrades from explosive drone in southern Lebanon
- ConfirmedLebanese media: Lone individual infiltrated from Lebanon into Israel, killed
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