IDF to probe soldier’s heatstroke death

The IDF will investigate the death of soldier Dan Sela, 18, of heatstroke Tuesday, the army announces.

The team investigating Sela’s death will be headed up by a colonel in order to “thoroughly investigate the circumstances of the incident,” the IDF says in its official Twitter account.

“We share in the sorrow of the family and will help them with anything they require,” the army said in a tweet.

Sela, who lived in the northern city of Afula, died during an army activity in Jerusalem.

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