American-born Israeli paratrooper dies in southern Lebanon clash

An American-born Israeli soldier, Sgt. Moshe Yitzchak Hacohen Katz, 22, born in New Haven, Connecticut, was killed in combat in southern Lebanon and was posthumously promoted; Netanyahu said Katz enlisted after moving to Israel and served in the Paratroopers Brigade's 890th Battalion. Details of his death were not disclosed; the incident occurs as Israel fights Hezbollah on a southern front amid broader Iran-related tensions.