Posted on 03/29/2026 9:47:27 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
An Israel Defense Forces soldier was killed in a Hezbollah rocket attack on troops in southern Lebanon overnight between Friday and Saturday, the military announced early Sunday morning.
Sgt. Moshe Yitzchak Katz, 22, of the Paratroopers Brigade’s 890th Battalion, was a member of the Chabad community in New Haven, Connecticut.
“My oldest son, with a zest for life and jokes,” wrote Katz’s father Mendy on Facebook. “My heart is shattered and the wound is real.”
...Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also offered condolences in a post, noting that Katz had moved to Israel to join the IDF, and saying he “fought bravely for the defense of the homeland.
...Another 20 soldiers were wounded in a separate Hezbollah attack the night Katz was killed, the IDF said previously. Seven were in moderate condition, including a lieutenant colonel from the elite Yahalom combat engineering unit.
Hezbollah, which hadn’t attacked Israel since the November 2024 ceasefire agreement, has said it renewed its attacks in response to both Israel’s continued attacks in Lebanon since that agreement, and the killing of Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei in the opening salvo of the US-Israeli bombing campaign in Iran on February 28.
(Excerpt) Read more at timesofisrael.com ...
A Chabadnik!
So not all orthodox are opposed or exempt from military service.
May Sgt. Moshe Yitzchak Katz‘s memory be a blessing.
Someone has to defend Western Civilization.
I stand with Moishe!
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