An IDF reservist was killed and a battalion commander was seriously injured in a Palestinian village in the Shomron overnight Sunday when a roadside bomb exploded on their vehicle. Three other soldiers were also injured in the incident, one moderately and two lightly. The reservist was identified as Eviatar Ben Yehuda, H’yd, 31, from Nitzan, a religious yishuv north of Ashkelon. He is survived by his wife Rivka, two children, his parents and nine siblings. His levaya is scheduled to take place in Nitzan on Monday at 3:30 p.m. The incident occurred in the Palestinian village of Tammun, near Jenin. According to a Ynet report, most details of the serious incident are still under a gag order. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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