An IDF officer was killed by an explosive drone fired by Hezbollah in southern Lebanon on Friday, the IDF announced on Motzei Shabbos.

He was identified as Captain Ma’oz Yisrael Recanati, H’YD, 24, from the yishuv of Itamar in the Shomron. He was a platoon commander in Battalion 12 of the Golani Brigade.

He is survived by his parents, six siblings, and his kallah. Their chasunah was only a month away.

He was the 20th IDF soldier to fall in Lebanon since the outbreak of Operation Roaring Lion and the seventh since the start of the “ceasefire.”

(YWN’s Jerusalem desk is keeping you updated after tzeis ha’Shabbos in Israel)