Israeli army officer killed in fighting in S. Lebanon: IDF

JERUSALEM, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- An Israeli army officer was killed Wednesday in fighting in southern Lebanon, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced in a statement.

The officer was identified as 22-year-old Eitan Oster from the city of Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut in central Israel.

He was a squad commander in the army's elite commando unit Egoz, which specializes in fighting in complex terrains, fieldcraft, c