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American Immigrant Sergeant Moshe Yitzchak Hacohen Katz Killed in Lebanon

Sergeant Moshe Yitzchak Hacohen Katz, a 22-year-old American immigrant from New Haven, Connecticut, has been killed in combat in southern Lebanon.

Gil Tanenbaum Security

Jerusalem, 29 March, 2026 (TPS-IL) — The IDF (Israel Defense Forces) confirmed that Sergeant Moshe Yitzchak Hacohen Katz, age 22, from New Haven, Connecticut, a soldier in the 890th Battalion, Paratrooper Brigade, was killed in combat in in Southern Lebanon.

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