The Israeli military announced that one of its soldiers had been killed in fighting in southern Lebanon the day before, in an incident that also wounded seven soldiers, AFP reports.

Master Sergeant Alexander Filin, 29, “fell in combat”, the military said in a brief statement, adding that an officer, a reserve officer and a reserve soldier were moderately injured.

A combat non-commissioned officer, two reserve soldiers and a female reserve soldier were lightly injured, the military added.