An IDF soldier, Sgt. Aviaad Elchanan Volansky, 21, of the 77th Battalion, was killed and four others were wounded in a Hezbollah anti-tank missile attack in southern Lebanon.

According to the IDF, two missiles were fired at a Merkava tank. The first was intercepted by the Trophy system, while the second struck the tank, killing Volansky. Two officers and two soldiers were lightly wounded.

Volansky, of Jerusalem, is the son of Brig. Gen. (res.) Yair Volansky. He is the fourth IDF soldier killed in the renewed ground offensive against Hezbollah.