The IDF announced Wednesday evening that a civilian contractor working for the Defense Ministry was killed earlier Wednesday in the Gaza Strip due to an operational accident. The family has been notified. The IDF and the Defense Ministry offered condolences.
The Israel Defense Forces announced Wednesday at 22:30 Jerusalem time that a civilian contractor employed by a firm conducting engineering work for the Defense Ministry was killed earlier in the day in the Gaza Strip by an operational accident. The IDF said the family has been notified and that both the military and the ministry share in the family's grief.
This is at least the fifth Defense Ministry contractor killed in Gaza since the war began whose death was not recognized as a fallen soldier, as The Zioneer reported earlier Wednesday. The previous four cases, including that of Raad Abu al-Qi'an killed Wednesday evening, drew attention to the policy under which civilian contractors on the battlefield do not receive the bereaved-family recognition granted to uniformed personnel.
The IDF did not release the contractor's name, the precise location of the accident, or the nature of the engineering work. The incident is classified as an operational accident pending an investigation.
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