One IDF soldier was killed and seven others were wounded in the incident in southern Lebanon, the military said Thursday. The fallen reservist, Staff Sgt. (res.) Alexander Filin, 29, was killed by a Hezbollah IED during a foot patrol, as previously reported. The IDF now says the wounded include a combat officer, a reserve combat officer, another reservist in moderate condition, plus a combat NCO, two reservists, and a female reservist in light condition. The incident occurred Wednesday evening.
The IDF released a more detailed casualty breakdown Thursday morning alongside its confirmation of the Wednesday evening incident in southern Lebanon in which Staff Sgt. (res.) Alexander Filin, 29, was killed by a Hezbollah IED. The military now specifies that among the seven wounded personnel from the 36th Division headquarters, a combat officer, a reserve combat officer, and an additional reservist were moderately wounded; a combat NCO, two other reservists, and a female reservist sustained light wounds. This follows a sequence of IDF announcements through the night: at 05:58 Jerusalem Thursday the military cleared the initial fatality and injury count, then at 06:13 confirmed Filin's name and reported seven wounded including a colonel (the deputy division commander) and a reserve battalion commander among the moderately injured, and at 06:05 Jerusalem described the force as a foot patrol from the deputy commander's forward command and Givati near the Litani River. As The Zioneer reported at 06:13 and 09:10 Thursday, the incident occurred Wednesday evening when an IED detonated during a foot patrol near the Litani River, marking the second IED attack on Israeli forces in southern Lebanon within hours that day. The current update provides a finer-grained breakdown of ranks and injury categories. What remains unclear is whether the military's casualty categories — moderate and light — reflect the full medical assessment or are preliminary triage designations.
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