The ceasefire in Lebanon is under strain as Israel and Hezbollah continue exchanging fire. The militant group fired two mortars at an army base in a disputed border zone. They accused Israel of violating the truce more than fifty times.

Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz said in a statement that Neutra “fell in a heroic battle near Nir Oz on October 7.” Nir Oz, a small kibbutz near Gaza in southern Israel, was one of the communities worst impacted by the terror attacks of October 7, with one in four residents murdered or kidnapped.

Omer Neutra, an Israeli-American soldier from Long Island, has been confirmed dead in Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces announced.