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Sgt. Ariel Sosnov Sasonov, 20, was killed by a Hezbollah rocket, Nov. 6, 2024
(JNS) — An Israel Defense Forces soldier was killed by a Hezbollah rocket in northern Israel on Wednesday, the military announced on Thursday.
The soldier was identified as Sgt. Ariel Sosnov Sasonov, 20, of the 605th Combat Engineering Battalion, from Jerusalem.
Sasonov was killed when a rocket hit the town of Avivim, located along the border with Lebanon.
Three soldiers were lightly wounded in the same attack, according to the IDF.
The IDF death toll in Gaza since the start of the ground operation there on Oct. 27, 2023, stands at 368, while the figure on all fronts since Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, massacre is 781.
Additionally, Chief Inspector Arnon Zamora, a member of the Border Police’s Yamam National Counter-Terrorism Unit, was fatally wounded during a hostage rescue mission in Gaza in June, and civilian defense contractor Liron Yitzhak was mortally wounded in the Strip in May.
