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DF Reserve Maj. Itamar Sapir, 27, Commander in Elite Maglan Unit, Killed in Southern Lebanon Fighting

May 19, 2026ยท1 min read

๐Ÿ’” HEARTBREAKING: The IDF announced that Maj. (res.) Itamar Sapir, 27, from the community of Eli in the Binyamin region, was killed in combat in southern Lebanon.

Sapir served as a company commander in the elite Maglan unit. He is survived by his wife Maayan and their one-and-a-half-year-old son.

The Binyamin Regional Council said he was the son of Yehuda and Rivki Sapir of Eli, mourning โ€œwith deep sorrowโ€ the loss of the reserve officer killed during fighting against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.