American-born Israeli soldier killed in combat in Lebanon

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An American-born Israeli worker was killed successful combat successful confederate Lebanon, Israeli officials said Sunday.

Sgt. Moshe Yitzchak Hacohen Katz, 22, was calved successful New Haven, Connecticut, according to a post from the Israel Defense Forces. He was posthumously promoted from corporal to sergeant, the subject said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Katz enlisted successful the IDF's Paratroopers Brigade aft moving to Israel. He did not specify however agelong Katz had been serving. The IDF said that Katz was a subordinate of its 890th Battalion.

"On behalf of each citizens of Israel, we clasp the household of the precocious Moshe successful their hard clip and privation a speedy and implicit betterment to our soldiers who were injured successful that incident," Netanyahu said successful a statement. "May his representation beryllium blessed."

רעייתי ואני מוסרים את תנחומינו מעומק הלב למשפחתו של סמל משה יצחק הכהן כץ ז״ל, שנפל בקרב בלבנון.

משה ז״ל עלה לארץ מארה״ב, התגייס לחטיבת הצנחנים ולחם בגבורה למען הגנת המולדת.

בשם כל אזרחי ישראל, אנו מחבקים את משפחתו של משה ז״ל בשעתה הקשה ומוסרים החלמה מהירה ושלמה ללוחמינו שנפצעו… pic.twitter.com/aIEpCQespN

— Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו (@netanyahu) March 29, 2026

Rabbi Yehoshua Hecht, Katz's great-uncle, told Israel's Army Radio presumption that his great-nephew was a "very peculiar young man" who "enjoyed each infinitesimal of life," according to the Associated Press. Hecht described Katz arsenic spiritual and a bully student.

The subject did not specify however oregon wherever Katz died but to accidental that it was successful combat successful confederate Lebanon, wherever Israel has been warring a 2nd beforehand parallel to its associated cognition successful Iran with the United States. Israel has engaged successful combat with the Iran-backed militant radical Hezbollah.

The United Nations' exile bureau has warned that Lebanon is facing a humanitarian situation that whitethorn go a "catastrophe." One successful 5 residents of the country, oregon a cardinal people, person fled their homes, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Israel has told civilians successful dozens of towns and villages crossed confederate Lebanon to fly arsenic it attacks alleged Hezbollah sites.

According to the independent National Institute for Security Studies in Israel, astatine slightest 1,116 radical person been killed during the Israeli attacks successful Lebanon since the warfare successful Iran began.

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