
Golani Officer Capt. Maoz Recanati, 24, Killed in Hezbollah Drone Attack in Southern Lebanon
May 16, 2026·1 min read
An IDF officer was killed Friday in a Hezbollah explosive drone attack in southern Lebanon, the military announced.
The fallen soldier was identified as Capt. Maoz Israel Recanati, 24, a platoon commander in the Golani Brigade’s 12th Battalion from Itamar.
According to the IDF, Recanati is the seventh Israeli soldier killed in southern Lebanon since the ceasefire began, and the 20th killed on the northern front since fighting intensified during the Iran conflict. A civilian contractor was also killed in southern Lebanon.