Israeli military says soldier killed in Lebanon

Above, an Israeli soldier gets off a military vehicle near the Israel-Lebanon border, in northern Israel on April 13, 2026. (Reuters)
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Updated 14 April 2026
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Israeli military says soldier killed in Lebanon

  • First Israeli military casualty since a US-Iran temporary truce came into force

JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said Tuesday that a soldier had been killed in Lebanon, the first since a US-Iran temporary truce came into force that Israel insisted does not include the country where it is fighting Tehran-backed Hezbollah.
“Sergeant Major (Res.) Ayal Uriel Bianco, aged 30, from Katzrin, a firefighting vehicle driver in the 188th Brigade, fell during combat in southern Lebanon,” the Israeli military said in a statement.