Officer injured in July 14 ramming attack dies of wounds

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Cpt. Ariel Topaz. (courtesy)
Cpt. Ariel Topaz. (courtesy)

An Israeli officer seriously wounded in a car-ramming attack outside a military base in central Israel earlier this month has succumbed to his wounds, the IDF says.

Cpt. Ariel Topaz, 24, from Pardes Hanna, was one of four off-duty soldiers wounded in the terror attack on July 14 at the Nir Tzvi junction.

Topaz served as an officer in the Military Intelligence Directorate’s Research Department.

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