The army’s burial society, working with medical experts, have identified the 24th of 39 bodies of Israeli Yom Kippur War dead returned by Egypt two months ago. The soldier was identified as PFC Yona Rotchils, 27, who was killed Oct, 6, 1973, the first day of the Yom Kippur War, in the northern section of the Suez Canal zone.
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