An IDF soldier dies after collapsing during a trip to a water park with his unit, the army says.
The 21-year-old soldier was on a trip to the Yamit 2000 water park in the Tel Aviv suburb of Holon when he collapsed.
Medical teams from the United Hatzalah emergency response service performed CPR and used a defibrillator on the soldier at the scene before taking him to a nearby hospital for treatment, the organization says.
He arrived at the hospital in critical condition and was pronounced dead a short while later.
His family was notified of his death, the army says.
The circumstances for his collapse and death were not immediately known.
IDF Military Police opened an investigation into the incident, the army says.
— Judah Ari Gross
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