IDF Kills Hezbollah Gunman After 21-Year-Old Captain David Hazutt Dies in Southern Lebanon
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Updated · The Jerusalem Post · Jun 28
IDF Kills Hezbollah Gunman After 21-Year-Old Captain David Hazutt Dies in Southern Lebanon
3 articles · Updated · The Jerusalem Post · Jun 28
Summary
The IDF said it tracked down and killed the Hezbollah militant who fatally shot Capt. David Hazutt, 21, during an overnight operation near Deit Siryan in southern Lebanon.
Around 2 a.m., Hazutt's Golani Brigade platoon was searching for a terror suspect when it encountered the gunman, who killed Hazutt and wounded another soldier later evacuated for treatment.
Israeli forces then launched extensive searches and struck targets in the area before locating the attacker inside a nearby structure and killing him.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Hazutt "one of our finest sons," while Ashkelon officials mourned the officer, who leaves behind his mother, sister and extended family.