A soldier was killed in battle on Sunday in southern Lebanon, the Israel Defense Forces announced Monday morning.

Sgt. Nehoray Leizer, 19, from Eilat, a combat engineer in the 601st Brigade, was killed by an explosive Hezbollah drone, the IDF said.

The drone struck an armored personnel carrier that Leizer was driving. The IDF is investigating whether the drone managed to penetrate the vehicle, according to the Kan public broadcaster.

Another soldier was seriously wounded in the incident. That soldier’s family has been notified, the army said.

The incident took place at about 3:30 p.m, near the Christian village of Debel in the Bint Jbeil District.

In a post to social media, the fallen soldier’s mother, Rotem David-Leizer, wrote: “They tore out my heart. Why? Why? God, why?”

His sister wrote: “My little brother. My whole world. My heart stopped beating together with you.”

Leizer’s funeral was to be held on Monday in the military portion of Eilat’s cemetery, at 5 p.m.

Leizer was the tenth IDF soldier to be killed in southern Lebanon since the start of the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, which has largely unraveled after being announced last month.

He was the 22nd to be killed since Hezbollah attacked Israel on March 2, in support of sponsor Iran, after US-Israeli strikes on the Islamic Republic. A civilian contractor was........

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