Hezbollah Attacks Israeli Army Position; IDF Names 3 More Fallen Soldiers; IDF Southern Command Chief Enters Gaza for Situation Assessment

Militants from Hezbollah open fire on northern border, resulting in no casualties but triggering IDF response; three additional IDF soldiers killed in ongoing Gaza conflict named, bringing total casualties to 315; Major General Yaron Finkelman enters Gaza with ground forces to evaluate situation amid escalating ground operations.

• Hezbollah militants attacked an Israeli Army position along the northern border using gunfire; however, the IDF confirmed there were no casualties.
• In retaliation to the attack, Israeli forces fired back at the source of the gunfire and struck a site belonging to Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.
• The IDF confirmed the unfortunate demise of three more soldiers amidst the ongoing conflict in Gaza, raising the total number of fatalities to 315.
• Among the three fallen were Lt. Col. Meidan Israel, head of supply in the Southern Command; Maj. Yair Zloof, commander of a surgical company; and Lt. (res.) Maor Refael Shalom, who served in a non-IDF unit.
• Major General Yaron Finkelman, head of the IDF Southern Command, has entered Gaza alongside ground forces to conduct a situation assessment amid an expansion of the ground operation.

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