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Thursday, July 13, 2017
IDF says two men killed in truck crash were soldiers
The IDF announces that the two people killed in a truck accident north of Eilat earlier today were soldiers.
One of them was a conscripted soldier and the other was a reservist, the army says.
Their identities were not released.
Following the incident, the head of the IDF’s Logistics Directorate announced that it would be investigated by a team led by a colonel.
The IDF Military Police will also conduct its own investigation into the truck crash.
— Judah Ari Gross