Lebanon

Sgt. Nehoray Leizer killed in combat in southern Lebanon

Leizer, 19, from Eilat, served in the 601st Combat Engineering Battalion in the 401st Brigade, the military said.

Sgt. Nehoray Leizer, 19
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