After nearly a year of bloodshed and upheaval, the return of some 70,000 displaced Israeli residents from the regions along the country's border with Lebanon became one of the most politically pressing issues facing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government,

Hezbollah is reeling, but Israel’s strategy for restoring its own security remains murky.

The military identified the soldier as Capt. Eitan Itzhak Oster, 22, from central Israel, but did not specify where he was killed.