Reservist Ariel Meir Taman is seen in an undated photo. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

An Israel Defense Forces reservist was found dead Sunday night in his home in southern Israel, the military announced on Monday.

Hebrew media outlets identified the soldier as Ariel Meir Taman, who had previously served in the IDF’s Military Rabbinate, where his duties included identifying bodies after the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack.

Several outlets have reported the incident as a suspected suicide.

The Military Police opened an investigation into the circumstances of his death. The findings will be transferred to the Military Prosecutor’s Office for review, the IDF said.

Taman hailed from an ultra-Orthodox family, and was married and a father to four children, according to the Ynet news site.

Taman’s sister Bat El told Ynet her brother was “the purest, most thoughtful, considerate, inclusive boy. The best father in the world. The most perfect husband in the world. One of a kind.”

“His job in the army was his mission in life. He breathed what he did, and he did it with full respect to the memory of the soldiers who fell,” she added.

Bodies of victims from Hamas’s October 7 terror attack are racked for identification and processing at the Military Rabbinate’s Ramle headquarters, October 13, 2023. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)