The IDF announced that Staff Sgt. Negev Dagan, 20, was killed overnight after a Hezbollah mortar shell struck forces operating in southern Lebanon.

Dagan served as a combat soldier in the 12th Battalion of the Golani Brigade and was from the agricultural community of Dekel near Israel’s Gaza border.

According to the IDF, medics rushed to the scene and carried out emergency efforts to save his life after he was critically wounded in the attack. Despite their attempts, Dagan was pronounced dead shortly afterward.

The deadly incident comes amid continued fighting between Israeli forces and Hezbollah terrorists along Israel’s northern border, where mortar fire, rockets, and anti tank attacks have intensified in recent months.

May his memory be a blessing.