The IDF announced Monday evening that Captain Dr. Ori Yosef Silvester, 30, of Tel Aviv, was killed during combat operations in southern Lebanon. Silvester served as a physician in the Shaked Battalion (424) of the Givati Brigade.
The fallen officer was killed during an incident that also left several other Israeli soldiers wounded. According to the IDF, two officers and one soldier sustained serious injuries in the same engagement, while another soldier was moderately wounded.
In addition, two more officers and another soldier suffered light injuries during the incident.
All of the wounded troops were evacuated from the battlefield and transported to hospitals for medical treatment.
{Matzav.com}
