IDF Staff-Sergeant-Major Etay Azulay was killed in battle while fighting in southern Lebanon, the IDF announced on Monday morning.
St.-Sgt.-Maj. Azulay, 25, from Oranit, served in the 5515 Unit. Azulay fell in southern Lebanon. In the same incident, two other soldiers from Unit 5515 were seriously wounded. The soldiers were evacuated to receive medical treatment at the hospital, and their families have been updated.
IDF tally
According to the IDF's tally, the death of St.-Sgt.-Maj. Etay Azulay raises the total of soldiers killed on or since October 7 of last year to 727.
Some 347 of this number were killed since the start of the military's ground operations in the Gaza Strip, also beginning on October 7, 2023.