Israeli soldier who grew up in the DC area killed in missile attack along the Lebanon border - Sunday, October 22, 2023 - Top News from WTOP

TOP NEWS | October 22, 2023 [Web version](   [Israeli soldier raised in Rockville killed in Lebanon missile attack]( Omer Balva, a dual Israel-American citizen who grew up in Montgomery County, was killed in a missile attack along the Lebanon border on Friday. [READ MORE](   [Israel strikes Gaza, Syria and West Bank as war against Hamas threatens to ignite other fronts]( Israeli warplanes struck targets across Gaza overnight and into Sunday, as well as two airports in Syria and a mosque in the occupied West Bank allegedly used by militants, as the two-week-old war with Hamas threatened to spiral into a broader conflict. 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