The Israel Defense Forces announced on Tuesday night that one of its soldiers was killed by an Iranian missile launched at the Jewish state.
Cpl. Eitan Zacks, 18, from Beersheva, a member of the IDF’s elite 888 “Ghost” Multidimensional Unit, was in combat training when he was killed “as a result of a missile launched from Iran,” the IDF stated.
Four Israelis were killed on Tuesday morning when an Iranian ballistic missile struck a residential building in the southern city of Beersheva.
Hebrew media reported that Zacks and the three other casualties, who have yet to be identified, were in a bomb shelter that took a direct hit.
According to the IDF, Tehran fired six volleys totaling 12 missiles at the Jewish state over three hours, beginning at around 5 a.m. The missile launches came around seven hours after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Jerusalem and Tehran agreed to a “complete and total ceasefire” set to take effect at 7 a.m. local time.
Since the beginning of the war on June 13, the Islamic regime has fired nearly 1,000 missiles and drones at Israeli civilians in densely populated population centers—killing 28, including Zacks, wounding dozens and displacing thousands more and causing widespread property damage.
