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The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced on June 6 that two of its soldiers were killed in separate incidents in southern Lebanon.
The first slain soldier was named as Cpt. Shahar Gamla, a deputy squad commander in the Commando Brigade’s Egoz Unit. Gamla was severely injured by a Hezbollah drone on June 4, according to the IDF, which said that he succumbed to his wounds.
In a separate incident on June 5, Sgt. Ohad Yaari, 21, of the Givati Brigade’s Shaked Battalion, was killed by what the IDF described as a suspected accidental firearm discharge in southern Lebanon. The military said that the circumstances of the incident are under investigation by the Military Police.
The IDF began taking more losses in southern Lebanon after expanding its control in the region over the past weekend.
Israeli troops crossed the Litani River’s 90-degree bend, just across from the border town of Metula, and stormed the strategic Beaufort Castle, which overlooks the Galilee Panhandle in northern Israel, as well as the Nabatieh area in southern Lebanon.
In addition to the casualties, the IDF has been taking some serious material losses, mainly caused by Hezbollah’s drone units.
In recent days, the group released videos showing drone strikes on three Merkava Merkava Mk 4M main battle tanks, five Namer armored personnel carriers, a D9 armored bulldozer, and a gathering of Israeli troops. All the strikes were carried out using fiber optic-guided first-person view (FPV) suicide quadcopters.
With help from the United States, Israel is currently pressuring Lebanon into a new peace deal which calls for Hezbollah to completely withdraw from southern Lebanon, its heartland. The group has already rejected the deal, and with the IDF losses increasing, Israel could soon lose its leverage over the Lebanese government.
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