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Thursday, January 19, 2017
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Thursday, January 19, 2017
Hundreds attend funeral for soldier killed in accident
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleHundreds of people turn out for the funeral of an IDF soldier killed in a maintenance accident in northern Israel on Monday.
Corporal Viacheslav Gargay, 20, is laid to rest in the military cemetery in his hometown of Rishon Lezion, three days after after sustaining fatal injuries during routine work on an armored personnel carrier in the Golan Heights.
The high turn out comes after Gargay’s mother, Tina, calls on the public to attend the funeral, Israel National News reports.
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