The army provides a breakdown to The Times of Israel of its 100 fallen soldiers over the past year.
The majority, 67, fell during Operation Protective Edge in Gaza during the summer. Two others were killed in a Hezbollah ambush near the northern border and one more in a terror attack in Tel Aviv.
Seven were killed in car accidents – either on base or on leave – two more in what the army termed “other accidents,” perhaps referring to training, and one more soldier in an “operational accident.”
Finally, 14 soldiers died in what the army refers to as “suspicion of suicide” and six more from disease and sickness.
An additional 16 people, also remembered on this day, were either members of the Israel Police and other branches of armed services or were slain in terror attacks, the army says.
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