Reservist 1st Sgt. Alexander Glovanyov, 47, from Petah Tikva, was killed near the Lebanon border, the IDF announced on Monday morning.
Glovanyov was a lead vehicle driver in the 6924th Transport Battalion of the Technological and Logistics Directorate. His family has been notified.
Army Radio reported on Sunday morning that Glovanyov had been killed after several Hezbollah drones had crossed into Israeli airspace and exploded near the Lebanon border.
According to the report, the IDF had failed to identify the drones, and as such, Glovanyov received no advance warning of the danger and was killed by one of the explosions.
Army Radio also stated that Glovanyov was the fourth IDF soldier to be killed during the ongoing ceasefire with Hezbollah as a result of explosive drones.
“The heart breaks with the news of the fall of Sgt. Maj. (res.) Alexander Glovanyov,” Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel wrote on X/Twitter early Sunday morning. “I share in the family’s heavy grief over the fall of their beloved one, a driver in the 6924th Battalion of the Transportation Center, in a battle near the Lebanese border.”
“A man of the land who reported for reserve duty out of a sense of mission and profound dedication.”
This is a developing story.