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“This is the reality at the Maginim school.”
Maj. (res.) Itamar Sapir, 27, lived in the Samaria community of Eli with his wife and baby son.
Targets included weapons storage facilities and command centers.
The Israel Defense Forces said troops of the 769th Brigade, backed by the air force, carried out the operation at sites in Southern Lebanon.
The Lebanese president said his country had already suffered the consequences of past conflicts.
Amid sanctions talk, Israel’s foreign minister said moves by some E.U. governments compromise relations with Israel and the United States.
The targets included weapons storage facilities, observation posts and other infrastructure used to plan attacks on Israeli troops and civilians.
Three others were also hurt when an explosive device detonated.
Staff Sgt. A., an immigrant from Los Angeles, shares his remarkable journey to the IDF’s Hashmonaim Brigade in Lebanon.
Capt. Maoz Israel Recanati, from Itamar in Samaria, was set to get married in a month.
Skirmishes to Israel’s north continue despite the announcement of a 45-day extension of the ceasefire.
“There will be ups and downs, but the potential for success is great,” wrote Yechiel Leiter, the Israeli envoy in Washington.
