Ra'ad Abu al-Qi'an, a civilian contractor for the Israeli Defense Ministry, was killed Wednesday evening when the minaret of a mosque he was demolishing with a bulldozer collapsed in Gaza, according to the report. Military and ministry officials have not yet commented on the incident.
Ra'ad Abu al-Qi'an, a civilian contractor for the Israeli Ministry of Defense, was killed Wednesday evening in the Gaza Strip after the minaret of a mosque he was demolishing with a bulldozer collapsed on top of him. The incident occurred during ongoing demolition operations in the Strip.
As The Zioneer reported earlier Wednesday (22:29 Jerusalem), Abu al-Qi'an is the fifth Defense Ministry contractor killed in Gaza or Lebanon since the war began whose family has not received official bereaved-family recognition granted to fallen soldiers. The IDF confirmed in an earlier statement (22:31 Jerusalem) that a civilian contractor was killed in an operational accident, without naming him or specifying the circumstances. The current report adds the specific circumstances of the mosque minaret collapse.
The debate over recognition of civilian contractors killed in combat zones remains unresolved. No official IDF or Defense Ministry statement has yet addressed the precise details of Wednesday's incident.
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