An Israel Defense Force soldier was killed and two others were slightly hurt in a road accident Monday morning in the Israeli-patrolled security zone in southern Lebanon.
The soldiers were riding in a convoy when their jeep apparently went out of control and overturned near the fishing harbor in the coastal town of Nakoura.
The dead soldier was identified as Najam Hazran, 21, from the Druse village of Yarka. The two others were treated for shock and sent back to their unit.
A committee was appointed by Gen. Yossi Peled, head of the IDF’s northern command, to investigate the accident.
Senior IDF officers in southern Lebanon are critical of the way Israeli soldiers drive in the security zone.
“Some of us drive like crazy. We seem to have adopted the Lebanese standard,” one officer admitted. “The roads here are terrible and accidents like this are bound to occur.”
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