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Saturday, August 5, 2023
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Saturday, August 5, 2023
Security guard dies after being critically wounded in Tel Aviv terror shooting
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Chen Amir, 42, a municipal patrolman who was killed by a Palestinian Islamic Jihad gunman in a terror attack in Tel Aviv, August 5, 2023. (Courtesy)
A Tel Aviv municipality security guard who was shot and critically wounded by a Palestinian terrorist in Tel Aviv has died, Ichilov Hospital announces.
The officer is named as Chen Amir, 42, a married father of three.
“Chen… was killed while preventing with his body a larger attack and in his death saved many lives,” a statement from the hospital says.
Ichilov also says his family agreed to donate his organs.
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