Staff Sgt. Naveh Havshush, 20, from Geva Binyamin, an armored soldier in the 52nd Battalion, 401st Brigade, was killed in combat in southern Lebanon, the IDF cleared for publication Sunday morning. He fell alongside Lt. Col. Dor Gdalya Ben Shimon, Staff Sgt. Yoav Klein, and Staff Sgt. Liav Kababiya in the same incident.
The IDF cleared for publication the name of Staff Sgt. Naveh Havshush, 20, as the fifth soldier killed in the tank incident in southern Lebanon. The announcement came Sunday morning, completing the identification process for the incident, which also claimed the lives of battalion commander Lt. Col. Dor Gdalya Ben Shimon, Staff Sgt. Yoav Klein, Staff Sgt. Liav Kababia, and Staff Sgt. Nir Ben Ari. The sequence of names released by the IDF on Sunday evolved: initially, at 07:49 Jerusalem, the IDF named all four soldiers as Staff Sgt. Yoav Klein, Staff Sgt. Nave Habshoosh (name variant), Staff Sgt. Liav Kavavia, and Staff Sgt. Nir Ben Ari. By 07:56 Jerusalem, Havshush was identified as the fifth casualty, and subsequent reports listed him as part of the full five-soldier count. The tank incident occurred during heavy combat in southern Lebanon as part of Operation Roaring Lion, which concluded in late February 2026. Recovery and identification processes continued overnight before notification was completed Sunday morning.
5 developments
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- StrongNaveh Havshush's father writes moving tribute after son's death in Lebanon
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