Civilian unlawfully embedded with IDF killed by Hezbollah fire in southern Lebanon

By YONAH JEREMY BOB, JERUSALEM POST STAFF NOVEMBER 20, 2024 22:31 Updated: NOVEMBER 20, 2024 22:37

Ze'ev Erlich, November 20, 2024. (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)

An Israeli civilian who was unlawfully brought into a southern Lebanese warzone was killed by enemy fire Wednesday, Binyamin Regional Council announced Wednesday evening.The civilian, named Ze'ev Hanoch Erlich, was a known tour guide and an archaeological expert of the Land of Israel. Erlich was killed alongside an IDF soldier, with two more wounded.Preliminary details show an officer from one IDF battalion fighting in Lebanon brought Erlich into Lebanon despite not receiving the appropriate permit to do so from officers in the Northern Command. Further, the initial understanding was that the embedded civilian's presence was related to a nearby archaeological site in southern Lebanon near which Israeli forces had been operating.This is a developing story.