An IDF preliminary inquiry into Wednesday's incident in the Litani area, which killed Staff Sergeant (res.) Alexander Filin, shows seven additional soldiers were wounded. Three were listed in moderate condition, including a 36th Division deputy commander (a colonel) and a reserve battalion commander, and four in light condition, including a female reservist. The IDF assessed the device was enemy-placed.
The IDF preliminary inquiry, released at 05:58 Jerusalem on Thursday, raised the total number of soldiers wounded in Wednesday's 17:00 explosive device blast in the Litani area to eight. Three are in moderate condition, including a 36th Division deputy commander (a colonel) and a reserve battalion commander from the 556th Transportation Brigade, and four in light condition, including a female reservist. This update follows initial IDF confirmation at 06:05 Jerusalem, which had reported six wounded, and a refined casualty breakdown published by the military at 06:11.
As The Zioneer reported at 05:58 on Thursday, the IDF first cleared for publication the death of Staff Sergeant (res.) Alexander Filin, 29, from Haifa, a fighter with the 36th Division headquarters, with no further details. At 06:05, the military confirmed Filin was killed and six soldiers wounded by an explosive device during a foot patrol in the Litani area, describing the device as likely enemy-placed. By 06:11, the IDF released a preliminary inquiry specifying a reserve battalion commander and a command post officer among the moderately wounded, assessing the device was enemy-placed and that artillery fire had struck terror infrastructure in the area. The information on the casualty list has since been refined and confirmed by the army.
The incident occurred in the context of ongoing IDF operations in southern Lebanon against Hezbollah infrastructure, as The Zioneer has previously reported. The 36th Division's forward command post and Givati Brigade fighters were conducting a foot patrol near the village of Taybeh when the device detonated. IDF artillery struck terrorist infrastructure in the area after the incident.
The exact nature of the device and the circumstances of its placement remain under investigation. The IDF has not stated whether the device was pre-positioned or remotely triggered. The incident occurred hours after five soldiers were wounded by two explosive drones that struck the force and the evacuation team, one seriously, as The Zioneer reported.
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