IDF Officer Killed in Southern Lebanon Weeks Before Wedding
He was the 20th Israeli soldier killed in Lebanon since Operation Roaring Lion began, the IDF said.
- Captain Maoz Israel Recanati, a platoon commander in the Golani Brigade's 12th Battalion, was killed in southern Lebanon after an explosive drone struck forces operating in the area.
- Recanati's death marks the 20th IDF casualty in Lebanon since Operation Roaring Lion began and the seventh since the ceasefire took effect.
- The announcement came one day after Staff Sgt. Negev Dagan, 20, from the moshav Dekel, was killed by Hezbollah mortar fire in southern Lebanon.
- Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot, former IDF chief of staff, criticized the government, saying soldiers are "staying in Lebanon without a clear mission" and this represents a "complete loss" of military-diplomatic gains.
- Recanati was engaged to Rani and scheduled to marry in approximately one month; the Itamar community stated, "With immense pain, we received the news of the fall in Lebanon.
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IDF Officer Killed in Southern Lebanon Weeks Before Wedding
JERUSALEM (VINnews) – The Israel Defense Forces announced Saturday that Capt. Maoz Israel Recanati, 24, of Itamar, was killed during combat operations in southern Lebanon. Recanati served as a platoon commander in the Golani Brigade’s 12th Battalion and was posthumously promoted from lieutenant to captain. The military did not specify when he was fatally wounded. […]
IDF officer killed in southern Lebanon, third soldier killed in north this week
Capt. Maoz Israel Recanati, 24, was a platoon commander in the Golani Brigade's 12th Battalion. He is survived by his parents, six siblings and his fiancée, Rani, whom he was set to marry in about a month
Golani officer Capt. Maoz Israel Recanati killed in drone strike in southern Lebanon
Captain Maoz Israel Recanati of Itamar, a commander in Golani’s 12th Battalion, was killed by a drone launched at IDF troops in Lebanon; he was engaged and set to marry next month, and is survived by his parents and six siblings
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