The ceasefire in Lebanon is holding despite ongoing Israeli airstrikes on Hezbollah targets, which Israeli officials say are responses to ceasefire violations by the Iranian-backed militant group.

Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz said in a statement that Neutra “fell in a heroic battle near Nir Oz on October 7.” Nir Oz, a small kibbutz near Gaza in southern Israel, was one of the communities worst impacted by the terror attacks of October 7, with one in four residents murdered or kidnapped.

Neutra, who grew up in Plainview, New York, deferred enrollment at SUNY Binghamton to join the IDF after attending a Jewish high school. His parents spoke out at a hostage remembrance and protest in Central Park just hours before his death was announced.