Israel-Gaza-Lebanon live updates: IDF confirms death of US-Israeli hostage

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara Netanyahu, said in a joint statement Monday they "will not rest or be silent" until the body of killed U.S.-Israeli soldier Omer Neutra is recovered from the Gaza Strip.

The Israel Defense Forces confirmed Monday that Neutra, 21, was killed during Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack into southern Israel and his body taken back into Gaza. Neutra -- who was originally from New York -- was previously thought to have been taken hostage. He was serving as a tank platoon commander at the time of the attack.

Neutra "fought fiercely at the head of his soldiers to defend the settlements surrounding Gaza, until he fell." Netanyahu's statement said. "We share in the family's heavy grief," it added.

"We will continue to act resolutely and tirelessly until we return all of our captives -- the living and the dead," the statement said.

There are still three American citizens thought to be alive as hostages inside Gaza.

-ABC News' Jordana Miller and Joe Simonetti

The Lebanese Armed Forces said on Monday that an Israeli drone "targeted an army bulldozer while it was carrying out fortification work" at a military center in the northeastern Hermel region close to the border with Syria.

The attack "resulted in one soldier being moderately injured," the army wrote in a post to X.

The Israel Defense Forces has not yet commented on the alleged strike.

-ABC News' Victoria Beaule

The Israel Defense Forces on Monday confirmed that missing U.S.-Israeli soldier Omer Maxim Neutra, 21, was among those killed in Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack into southern Israel.

Neutra was believed taken into Gaza as a hostage by militants during the attack. But the IDF said Monday he was killed during the Oct. 7 assault and his body was taken by militants.

Neutra -- originally from New York -- was serving as a tank platoon commander in the 77th Battalion of the 7th Brigade at the time of the Hamas attack. He was among hundreds of security forces personnel killed during the assault.

Neutra's parents have been campaigning for a hostage release deal in the U.S., their activity including public appearances at the White House and the Capitol.

-ABC News' Jordana Miller

The Israel Defense Forces said Sunday it launched "several operations" targeting Hezbollah fighters that it claimed posed a direct threat to Israel "in violation of the ceasefire agreement."

Among the operations was an attack on armed militants operating close to a church in southern Lebanon, the IDF said.

Those killed "were active in the ground defense, anti-tank and artillery formations in the sector, and took part in the fighting while using the church," it wrote in a post to X.

The 60-day ceasefire that went into effect last week is holding despite continued sporadic fighting and Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon.

The deal stipulates that IDF troops will withdraw from their positions in Lebanon during the 60-day window and that Hezbollah forces will withdraw from the region south of the Litani River.

-ABC News' Jordana Miller