The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit announced Friday morning that Staff Sergeant Negev Dagan Hy’d, 20, from Dekel, was sadly killed during combat operations in southern Lebanon.

Dagan served as a combat soldier in the Golani Brigade’s 12th Battalion. He was killed Thursday night at approximately 10:00 p.m. when Hezbollah terrorists fired an anti-tank guided missile during fighting in the area.

Earlier in the week, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit reported that one IDF soldier sustained moderate injuries while a reservist was lightly wounded in an explosive drone attack launched by Hezbollah near the Lebanese border.

Both injured soldiers were transported to a hospital for treatment, and their families were informed of the incident.