A 22-year-old cadet in the Israel Defense Forces has died after suffering a medical incident and collapsing at the IDF’s Training Base 1 earlier this week.
Shylee Westland suffered the incident on Tuesday. Her family announced her death on Friday afternoon.
“I have a hole in my heart with your shape,” her mother Yifat wrote on Facebook. “I want to wake up from this nightmare.”
The military is investigating the circumstances of Westland’s death. Her funeral will be held on Sunday evening at Kibbutz Nir Oz, where she lived.
On Thursday a senior Israel Defense Forces officer died after collapsing during fitness training at a military base in central Israel.
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Colonel Sharon Asman, 42, the commander of the Nahal infantry brigade, received immediate medical attention after collapsing, but shortly afterwards was pronounced dead.
He was running alongside fellow commanders when he collapsed. They provided him with initial treatment at the direction of the brigade doctor, who was dispatched to the scene.
Col. Sharon Asman (IDF)
The military said Asman’s family was notified, and the incident was under investigation. He is survived by his wife and two daughters.
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Asman had only entered the role of brigade commander on Monday.
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