An Israeli soldier died after being in a coma for almost 19 years. Sgt. Maj. Nadal Fero suffered massive injuries to his stomach in an April 1984 skirmish with Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip, according to the Israeli daily Ma’ariv.
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