The civilian contractor killed Wednesday evening in an operational accident in the Gaza Strip has been identified as Raad Abu al-Qi'an, a resident of the Bedouin town of Hura in the Negev. The Defense Ministry contractor was killed during demolition work, according to Israeli media.
Wed 16:10 Jerusalem — The civilian contractor killed Wednesday evening in an operational accident in the Gaza Strip has been identified as Raad Abu al-Qi'an, a resident of the Bedouin town of Hura in the Negev. The Defense Ministry contractor died when a structure collapsed on him during demolition work alongside an IDF engineering force, according to multiple Israeli media reports.
The thread has seen the identification evolve over several published dispatches: an initial IDF announcement at 16:10 stated that a contractor for a company performing engineering work for the Defense Ministry was killed in an operational accident and his family notified. Successive wire reports identified him first as Ra'ed Abu Kilean (versions 15–20), then as Raad Abu al-Qi'an (versions 21 onward), with the different transliterations reflecting the same individual. Early reports mentioned the incident occurring in the Shati area; later reports placed it in the Jabaliya area. The IDF consistently described the event as an operational accident.
As The Zioneer reported in earlier dispatches, this marks the second fatal incident involving a Defense Ministry contractor in the Strip in recent months. The matter remains under review by military authorities.
No details have been released on the exact circumstances that led to the collapse; the investigation is ongoing.
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