IDF confirms young man seriously injured by lightning is a soldier

The military confirms that the young man who was seriously injured in a lightning strike yesterday was an IDF soldier.

This information had been censored until his family could be notified.

The IDF says the soldier was taking part in a training exercise at the time of the lightning strike.

He was taken to Haifa’s Rambam Medical Center for treatment in serious but stable condition.

— Judah Ari Gross

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