The IDF reported on Friday that Staff Sergeant (res.) Moti Rave, a Givati Brigade soldier, from the West Bank settlement of Shani, fell in battle in the southern Gaza Strip.
The IDF death toll since the beginning of the war has reached 688 fatalities, 328 of which were in ground operations in Gaza.
Rave was survived by his wife and two baby girls and will be buried in the settlement of Susya later on Friday.
"Moti was deployed to secure the settlements in the Hebron area but wanted to do more and volunteered to serve in Gaza," Eliram Azulai, the local council mayor said. "He was always willing to volunteer," he said.
Rave was raised in the settlements including in outposts and chose to build his home in the Hebron area.
He had completed a paramedic course and did not attend the graduation ceremony because of his reserve deployment. "He was happy, motivated and professional," course officials said. "We lost a significant volunteer and will name the course after him."