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36 soldiers died in 2015, lowest toll in a decade
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThirty-six Israeli soldiers died in 2015, the lowest toll the IDF has experienced in a decade.
There were no military operations in 2015, and this fact was cited by a military official as one of the reasons for the low death toll.
Six soldiers were killed in terror attacks and in operative activity. Six other died of illnesses and seven more soldiers were killed in traffic collisions.
Fifteen deaths are suspected suicides. According to the officer, 2015 was the third year in a row in which soldiers were not killed in training accidents.
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