The IDF on Thursday evening announced that Maj. (Res.) Itay Galea, H’yd, 38, from Ramat Gan was killed by Hezbollah rocket fire on Thursday morning.

Galea, z’l, who served as a deputy company commander in the 8679th Unit of the Yiftach Brigade, left behind a pregnant wife and two children.

He was in Ramat HaGolan during the morning’s heavy rocket barrage and the tank he was in was hit by an anti-tank missile.

He is the 27th fatality on the northern front since October 8th.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)