Who was Omer Balva? Wiki, Biography, Age, Family, Cause of Death

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An anti-tank missile fired from Lebanon on Thursday, October 19, struck and killed Omer Balva, an Israeli reserve soldier with dual citizenship in the United States. From Herzliya, Israel, Balva was a Staff Sergeant, according to the Israel Defense Forces. According to Fox News, the 22-year-old was a commander in the 9203rd Battalion of the Alexandroni Brigade.

Balva was born to Israeli parents and raised in Rockville, Maryland, where she attended the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day school. The young man was one of the 360,000 Israeli reservists summoned to duty in Israel as a result of the offensive by the Palestinian militant group Hamas that started on October 7.

Omer Balva Age

Omer Balva was 23 years old.

Omer Balva Cause of Death

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Balva was in the US until last week when he was summoned into duty and took a flight back to Israel.Along the Israeli-Lebanon border, clashes between Israeli forces and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah have occurred often.

Concerns about the emergence of a second front in the conflict between Israel and Hamas are mounting. On Saturday, October 21, Hezbollah terrorists and Israeli Defense Forces engaged in combat along Israel's northern border with Lebanon after anti-tank rockets were launched into Israeli territory.

The Israeli military claims that a missile was fired into Israel's Margaliot region from Lebanon, and Israeli troops reacted with a drone strike. IDF subsequently claimed that Lebanon had fired another missile toward the Hanita region, to which IDF had retaliated with artillery fire, hitting their missile installations on the Lebanese side of the border.

"The IDF is ready for all scenarios in the various sectors and will continue to act for the security of Israeli citizens," declared a military spokesperson. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant claimed that Hezbollah terrorists have paid a "heavy price" for beginning their attacks on Israeli military outposts after the conflict with Hamas.

On Saturday, October 21, Gallant addressed the troops at the 91st territorial division base of the Biranit camp, according to the Times of Israel. "Hezbollah has decided to participate in the fighting, we are exacting a heavy price from it," Gallant stated."I assume that the challenges will be greater [than they are now], and you have to take this into account, to be ready like a [coiled] spring for any situation," said Gallant.