
The IDF announced Thursday morning that Staff Sergeant (res.) Refael Kauders fell in battle in northern Israel.
Kauders, 39 years old from Tzur Hadassah, served as a coordinator in Battalion 5030 in the Alon Brigade.
His family has been notified.
Kauders was killed in Wednesday's UAV attack on a soccer field in the Druze town of Hurfeish, in which 11 people, including Kauders, were injured.
Ali Badar, a resident of the village who was at the field, told Galei Zahal, "There was no siren. We are used to this situation, but this time it was a real surprise - and it was even more stressful because we were at a practice with kids."
The IDF estimates that precise drones were used in the attack, and one succeeded in reaching the field and exploding in it.