Soldiers from the IDF's Golani Brigade's 13th Battalion killed Hezbollah terrorists responsible for the death of St.-Sgt. Touvel Yosef Lifshiz, in an operation the military announced on Sunday.

Lifshiz, a soldier in the battalion, was killed while fighting at this location in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, the military said on Wednesday.

As part of the second operation, the military identified a terrorist armed with an AK-47 and several magazines of bullets, hiding under the rubble of one of the rooms in the building.

The soldiers engaged the terrorist and killed him.

One of the terrorists killed in initial firefight

The military also located the remains of another terrorist who was killed during the initial operation on Tuesday, the IDF added.

Soldiers from the IDF's Golani Brigade's 13 Battalion operating in southern Lebanon, published April 12, 2026.
Soldiers from the IDF's Golani Brigade's 13 Battalion operating in southern Lebanon, published April 12, 2026. (credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

Both of these terrorists were tied to the firefight in which Lifshiz was killed, according to the military.