L Sergeant Adam Tzarfati, aged 20, from Rosh Ha'ayin, fell in southern Lebanon, the IDF announced Monday morning.
Tzarfati served as a soldier in the Maglan Unit, Commando Brigade, and fell in combat in southern Lebanon. He is the 14th Israeli killed since the start of the "ceasefire" with Lebanon.
Tzarfati was killed at around 1:00 a.m. near the Beaufort Ridge in southern Lebanon when an explosive drone detonated near the Golani and commando forces in the area.
During the incident in which Staff Sergeant Adam Tzarfati fell, three other soldiers who were in a building nearby were injured: one soldier was severely injured, and two additional soldiers were lightly injured.
All three soldiers were evacuated to receive medical treatment at a hospital. Their families have been notified.
Eitan Carmel, a friend of Tzarfati, told Reshet Bet: "I spoke to him a few times before he went in, and he was very excited. He was worried about his friends. I am sure that he would have preferred that it be him than any one of his friends, because that's who he was, that's how he grew up and that's what he believed."
Eitan added, "A person always strives higher, he wanted to reach as far as he could. He exercised, he was always going out for runs and eventually he reached Maglan. He was a Negevist and wanted to fight as much as he could, to protect the country as much as he could, to protect his friends. He was a golden person, this is an enormous loss."