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Reservist succumbs to wounds sustained in accidental grenade blast in southern Gaza this week
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Master Sgt. (res.) Shmuel Gad Rahamim. (Israel Defense Forces)
A reservist soldier who was seriously wounded in an accidental grenade blast in the southern Gaza Strip earlier this week succumbed to his wounds over the weekend, the military announces.
He is named as Master Sgt. (res.) Shmuel Gad Rahamim, 31, of the Southern Brigade’s 7015th Battalion, from Givat Ze’ev.
The incident took place at around 8 a.m. on Tuesday at an IDF post in the Khan Younis area. Inside a room where soldiers were residing and sleeping, a grenade exploded due to unclear circumstances.
Two other reservists were wounded in the incident, including one seriously.
The IDF has established a panel of experts led by a colonel to examine the incident.
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