Capt. Maoz Israel Recanati, 24, from Itamar, was killed during combat in southern Lebanon, the IDF announced on Saturday.
Recanati was a Platoon Commander in the Golani Brigade’s 12th Battalion and was posthumously promoted from lieutenant to captain. According to the Prime Minister's Office, he was due to marry his fiancée in about a month.
The IDF did not specify when Recanati was fatally wounded.
“The entire people of Israel bows its head in mourning over Captain Maoz Yisrael Recanati, of blessed memory, a platoon commander in the Golani Brigade’s 12th Battalion, who fell in battle in southern Lebanon," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement.
"My wife and I send our heartfelt condolences to the family of Maoz, of blessed memory, a heroic fighter who courageously led his soldiers against our enemies.
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