In southern Lebanon, two Israeli soldiers and a 71-year-old researcher called Ziv Erlich were slain. In the same attack, Erlich and a soldier were murdered, while a Golani Brigade officer was gravely wounded. Another event involved the death of a 22-year-old soldier. According to the Jerusalem Post, the two soldiers’ deaths raise the overall number of Israeli soldiers killed in Lebanon since the Gaza War began to above 800.

A 22-year-old soldier was killed in combat in southern Lebanon, the Israeli military announced on Wednesday, November 20. Later, the IDF claimed that Israeli tour guide and Land of Israel archaeologist Col. Yoav Yarom, the Golani Brigade’s chief of staff, had permitted In order to investigate an old fortification at an archaeological site, Ziv Erlich, 71, will travel to the western part of southern Lebanon. But there were already two Hezbollah fighters hidden nearby.

The researcher, a senior Israeli officer, and several soldiers were all hit by gunfire from the fighters. The event claimed the lives of Jib and a soldier. The soldier’s details were not made public by the IDF. Erlich, who was neither on active duty nor in reserve, entered southern Lebanon armed and in an IDF uniform. IDF investigators are looking into the “serious incident.”

In a statement, the IDF said that early on Wednesday morning, commandos were passing through a damaged building in a southern Lebanon town when the structure collapsed, killing the soldier. The IDF claimed that the building had been damaged in a previous Israeli strike in the region and that the weather was to blame for the fall. After being hurt in the event, another soldier was retrieved and taken to hospital.