After the death of a soldier during training last night, the chief of the Military Intelligence Directorate, Maj. Gen. Shlomi Binder has appointed a panel of experts to investigate the incident, in addition to a Military Police probe.
Sgt. Yosef Haim Tzvi Serlin, 19, collapsed during Krav Maga training and later died. He was in combat training in the Military Intelligence Directorate’s Unit 504.
The panel of experts will be headed by Brig. Gen. “Resh,” the head of the Combat Methods and Innovation Division, a unit under the Planning and Force Design Directorate. He is identified only by his first initial in Hebrew.
Additionally, the commander of the IDF Ground Forces, Maj. Gen. Nadav Lotan, has ordered a halt to Krav Maga training in the military until Sunday, while the investigation is carried out.
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