St.-Sgt. Or Demry was the second IDF soldier killed in combat in Lebanon on Sunday, the IDF announced on Monday.
Demry, 20, from Liman, was a soldier from the Combat Engineering Corps in the 91st Division.
According to the IDF, the ambushed soldiers were acting in a forward defensive capacity to keep any potential fighting away from northern Israeli residents, but not formally seeking to engage Hezbollah when they were attacked.
A deputy company commander then came with a D9 bulldozer to help the Puma vehicle extricate itself from the situation.
Next, either a Hezbollah anti-tank cell or a mortar firing cell struck the D9, killing the two soldiers.
Pressed about why the IDF is not using solely fully armored, more capable maneuvering Namer vehicles on the Lebanese front, given the last two-plus years of Puma vehicle malfunctions or poor defensive capabilities, the IDF rejected the criticism.
First Druze fallen soldier of Operation Roaring Lion
The IDF announced on Sunday that two soldiers were killed by a Hezbollah ambush in southern Lebanon.
One of the soldiers was named as M.-Sgt. Maher Khatar, aged 38, from Majdal Shams, a soldier from the Combat Engineering Corps in the 91st division.
Their military position is parallel to and defending the Margaliyot, Manara, and Misgav Am area on the Israeli side of the border.
"The first [Druze] fallen soldier in Operation Roaring Lion, a title no family wishes to bear the honor of receiving, yet fate determined that the Khatar family from Majdal Shams would carry it," Tarif wrote. "The Druze community continues to shoulder the burden and pay a very heavy and painful price. The best of its young men are being taken.
"Maher’s fall on the battlefield and the bravery of Druze fighters across all units illustrate our partnership in the State of Israel — a partnership that must exist not only on the battlefield but also in everyday life."
Later, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mourned the two soldiers and called Khatar an inspiration for Druze citizens of Israel.