The funeral of Lt. Col. Dor Ben Simhon, 32, commander of the 52nd Battalion (401st Armored Brigade), will be held at 1:00 PM at the cemetery in Beit HaShita, according to Army Radio (N13) journalist reports citing details released by the family and military authorities.
The funeral of Lt. Col. Dor Ben Simhon, 32, commander of the 52nd Battalion (401st Armored Brigade), has been set for 14:00 Jerusalem time at the military section of the Beit HaShita cemetery, as reported by Army Radio (N13) journalists citing the family and military authorities. Ben Simhon was killed overnight Thursday in southern Lebanon when a suspicious munition — possibly an explosive drone — struck his command tank near the village of Tebnit, north of the Beaufort fortress, according to an IDF preliminary investigation published Friday morning. Three other soldiers died in the same incident; their names have not yet been cleared for publication.
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