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The Faran area in the Arava. (Yuval Nadal) Last update - 15:40 01/01/2008 IDF commando killed in training accident in the Arava desert By Yuval Azoulay, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: commando, IDF, Sayeret Matkal  An elite Israel Defense Forces soldier died Tuesday in a training accident in the Arava region in southern Israel. The soldier, Tamir Nabuani, of the Galilee Druze village of Kfar Julis, fell off a cliff during a navigation exercise. He served in the elite Sayeret Matkal commando unit. The IDF said that the accident occurred while Nabuani was navigating alone during training. For reasons as yet unknown, he tripped and fell from a 15 meter-high cliff. Advertisement His body was found some time after the accident, and taken by an Israel Air Force helicopter to hospital in Be'er Sheva. This is the fourth IDF accident to occur in the past two months. Staff Sergeant Yariv Amitai was killed less than two months ago when his army vehicle overturned near the Gaza border. Sergeant-Major Asaf Waxman, a 28 year-old reservist from Rishon Letzion, was killed in a training accident in Ramat Hagolan, which exposed serious failures in the training of APC drivers. In another accident, Private Ma'ayan Rottenberg was killed in an Arava army base while sidling a tank cannon during training. Six weeks ago, IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi ordered that all training be stopped for two hours in order to hold safety instruction workshops. IDF officials said that during the past year, training exercises were carried out more frequently, and that the number of casualties from accidents decreased. In 1992, two soldiers from the Sayeret Matkal unit died from dehydration while training near Eilat. Five years ago, an IDF soldier died during training after falling into an abyss also as a result of dehydration. Bookmark to del.icio.us   Get a job The Interior Minister tells the ultra-Orthodox to find work and enlist in the IDF. Trapped in Gaza An Irish woman and her daughter are stuck in Gaza after Egypt seals the border.   1.   If the IDF says its an accident then it probably wasn`t 14:21  |  Chanalau, Tova 01/01/08   2.   #1:Right so. It is the fault of Newton, a well known anti-semite, 14:34  |  Andreas 01/01/08   3.   Dehydtation, often cause of "accident"! 14:37  |  Stephen. 01/01/08   4.   Fallen off a cliff 15:11  |  Bill 01/01/08   5.   To #1 #2 #4 15:27  |  Mickey 01/01/08   6.   hahahahah:) 16:46  |  muslim 01/01/08   7.   Training Hard is the only way 16:49  |  Realist 01/01/08   8.   "Accidents" in the IDF are very common 16:51  |  POP 01/01/08   9.   #6 `Muslim` 17:45  |  Tzvi 01/01/08   10.   9. to the self chosne holy man TZVI 18:26  |  muslim 01/01/08   11.   #9 tzvi.. from monsey? 18:32  |  H.S. 01/01/08   12.   Condolences to his family 19:19  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 01/01/08   13.   Just goes to show 20:15  |  Stephen Isherwood 01/01/08   14.   #6 hahahahahamas:) 20:33  |  51 Shekels 01/01/08   15.   a bit too often 21:10  |  Leona 01/01/08   16.   #6 - not sure if you`ll understand this, but 22:22  |  Lana 01/01/08   17.   Tamir Nabuani,Rest in Peace,the best of the best 22:38  |  PETER SM 01/01/08   18.   LOOKING At The Malignant Stupidity &gross comments 22:46  |  PETER SM 01/01/08   19.   # moslem 23:18  |  danny 01/01/08   20.   #6 - Muslim 05:53  |  Syed 03/01/08   21.   Jazak Allah Khair Br. Syed 00:44  |  Beast From The East 04/01/08   22.   Soldier`s death 01:52  |  Rozz 07/02/08   23.   soldiers death 05:46  |  Joe Canadian 07/02/08   24.   Training 22:09  |  Paul 07/02/08   25.   Simple 22:16  |  Paul 07/02/08   26.   IDF 22:19  |  Paul 07/02/08

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