{"id":2313,"date":"2026-06-20T06:23:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T06:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/?p=2313"},"modified":"2026-06-20T06:23:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T06:23:45","slug":"idf-tank-battalion-commander-three-other-soldiers-killed-in-hezbollah-attack-in-south-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/?p=2313","title":{"rendered":"IDF tank battalion commander, three other soldiers killed in Hezbollah attack in south Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_7369-819x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_7369-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_7369-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_7369-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_7369-1229x1536.png 1229w, https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_7369-1638x2048.png 1638w, https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_7369.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An IDF tank battalion commander and three other soldiers were killed in a Hezbollah attack in southern Lebanon overnight, the military announces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The slain officer is named as Lt. Col. Dor Gedalia Ben Simhon, 32, the commander of the 401st Armored Brigade\u2019s 52nd Battalion, from Beit HaShita.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The names of the other soldiers are expected to be published later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the incident shortly after midnight, a suspected drone or anti-tank missile struck the battalion commander\u2019s tank in the southern Lebanon village of Kfar Tebnit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exact cause of the explosion, which killed all four tank crew members, is under further investigation by the IDF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ben Simhon replaced the previous battalion commander, who was severely wounded in southern Lebanon in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An IDF tank battalion commander and three other soldiers were killed in a Hezbollah attack in southern Lebanon overnight, the military announces. The slain officer is named as Lt. Col. &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2313"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2315,"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2313\/revisions\/2315"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}