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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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Maariv Online broke the news in Israel on Saturday, May 16, 2026.
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