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Senior Israeli military commander killed fighting along Lebanon border
10 October 2023 00:16 BST
The Deputy Commander of Israel’s 300th Brigade was killed Monday in a battle with fighters breaching the border with Lebanon.
Lt. Col. Alim Abdullah, 40, was a resident of the Druze city of Yanuh-Jat in northern Israel, near Acre, Israel’s military said.
Abdullah was critically injured during fighting in the late afternoon, along with another five. The Israeli military said it killed two fighters who entered Israeli territory from Lebanon in the afternoon.