Israel says soldier killed near border with Lebanon

Published May 11, 2026 Updated May 11, 2026 02:40pm

Israel’s military has said that one of its soldiers had died in fighting near the border with Lebanon, bringing its losses to 18 personnel since the fighting with Hezbollah began in early March.

Sergeant Major Alexander Glovanyov, 47, “fell during combat near the Israel-Lebanon border”, the military said.

He was killed on Sunday.

Since the war began, one Israeli civilian contractor has also been killed in addition to the 18 soldiers.

A photograph taken from the southern Lebanese area of Marjayoun shows smoke as it rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the village of Kfar Tibnit on May 11, 2026. — AFP
A photograph taken from the southern Lebanese area of Marjayoun shows smoke as it rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the village of Kfar Tibnit on May 11, 2026. — AFP

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