Hundreds mourn Israeli soldier slain in West Bank as Netanyahu vows to find killers

Record ID: 1426368

  • Title: Hundreds mourn Israeli soldier slain in West Bank as Netanyahu vows to find killers
  • Date: 8th August 2019
  • Summary: CROWD GATHERED TO LISTEN TO EULOGIES SOLDIER CRYING VARIOUS OF CROWD FAMILY AND MOURNERS WALKING BEHIND VEHICLE CARRYING BODY ISRAEL FLAG/CROWD WALKING BEHIND VEHICLE TOWARDS BURIAL LOCATION
  • Embargoed: 22nd August 2019 20:38
  • Keywords: Israel funeral Palestinians soldier settlement West Bank
  • Location: OFRA, NEAR EFRAT, WEST BANK
  • City: OFRA, NEAR EFRAT, WEST BANK
  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
  • Reuters ID: LVA002ARCYYPZ
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Hundreds attended the funeral on Thursday (August 8) of an Israeli soldier whose body was found near a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank earlier in the day.
    Israeli military said he had been stabbed to death by a Palestinian assailant.
    The soldier, who the military said was in civilian clothes and unarmed, was a student in a Jewish seminary in the West Bank that combines religious studies with service in the armed forces.
    The funeral was held at the Jewish settlement of Ofra, where the soldier's family resides.
    An Israeli military statement said the body was discovered near the settlement of Migdal Oz, north of the city of Hebron, and that the 19-year-old had been killed in a Palestinian attack.
    There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Israel Radio said security authorities were looking into whether the soldier, Corporal Dvir Sorek, was killed in a failed kidnapping attempt.
    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was briefed at the site of the attack and vowed to find those responsible for it.
    The area of Hebron and surrounding Israeli settlements where the soldier's body was found have often been a flashpoint of Israeli-Palestinian fighting.
    (Production: Rami Amichai, Rinat Harash)
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