Capt. David Hazutt, 21, killed by Hezbollah terrorist in southern Lebanon ambush

Capt. David Hazutt of Ashkelon, a platoon commander in the Golani Brigade's 12th Battalion, was killed around 2 a.m. Sunday when a Hezbollah terrorist hiding in a stairwell of a suspicious structure in the Deir Siryan area opened fire at close range. A second Israeli soldier was lightly wounded. Hazutt is the first IDF soldier killed by Hezbollah since Israel and Lebanon signed the trilateral framework on June 26, underscoring why Jerusalem insists the IDF remain in the southern Lebanon security zone until the Iran-backed group is fully disarmed.