Sergeant Gur Kehati
Sergeant Gur KehatiIDF spokesperson

Sergeant Gur Kehati, age 20 from Nir Banim, fell in battle in Lebanon, the IDF announced Thursday morning.

Kehati served in Battalion 13 of the Golani Brigade, and fell in battle in southern Lebanon.

With Kehati's death, the number of IDF soldiers to fall since the war began rose to 803.

On Wednesday, the IDF announced its 800th fallen soldier: Sergeant First Class (res.) Roi Sasson, aged 21, from Mevaseret Zion, a soldier in the 90th "Nahshon" Battalion, Kfir Brigade, fell during combat in the northern Gaza Strip.

In the same incident the "Nahshon" battalion officer, Lt. Col. Yoel Glickman was seriously injured.