CWO (res.) Barak Kalpon, 48, a IDF combat fighter in Battalion 7056, was killed by an explosive device in the village of Jibin in southern Lebanon during operations by the 146th Division.

6 soldiers were wounded, 4 evacuated to hospitals. Kalpon was critically injured in the blast, treated on-site, and airlifted to Rambam Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.

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Kalpon, from Adi in the Yizre’el Valley, was an engineer at Rafael, a reservist, and a father of 2 daughters.