Overview
- The IDF said Capt. Maoz Israel Recanati was killed in southern Lebanon by an explosive drone that detonates on contact.
- The 24-year-old led a platoon in the Golani Brigade’s 12th Battalion and came from the West Bank community of Itamar.
- Local officials said he was engaged to Rani and planned to marry next month.
- His death brings Israel’s reported military toll in Lebanon since Operation Roaring Lion to 20, and he is the third soldier killed in the north this week, Haaretz reported.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered condolences and praised his leadership, and officials said funeral details will follow.