An IDF reservist, 34, was killed at a workplace in the settlement of Sha'arei Tikva in Samaria when a marble slab collapsed on him with force. Rescue crews worked to extract him but pronounced him dead at the scene, according to initial reports.
A 34-year-old IDF reservist was killed this afternoon in a workplace accident at the settlement of Sha'arei Tikva in Samaria when a marble slab collapsed on him. Emergency services performed a complex extraction but pronounced him dead at the scene. The incident occurred on the victim's 34th birthday.
The desk first reported the accident at 09:23 Jerusalem (version 1) as an MDA rescue of a critically injured 30-year-old worker trapped under a heavy object at the Shomron Regional Council, citing Channel 12. By 09:23 Jerusalem (version 2) the worker was pronounced dead. A third version at 09:23 Jerusalem refined the location to Granit Street in the Sha'arei Tikva industrial zone. The current update identifies the victim as an IDF reservist and adds that it was his 34th birthday. Source verification evolved from a single news report to multiple rescue and firefighting agencies on the scene.
The Zioneer previously reported (June 7) a fatal work accident at the nearby Sha'ar Shomron industrial zone, where a worker was killed under a slab. The current incident occurred in the same industrial area.
The exact circumstances of the collapse and whether the reservist was on active duty or civilian work remain unverified.
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