Cpt. Ariel Topaz, 24, from Pardes Hanna, died of wounds sustained in a terror attack near the city of Lod on July 14. (Credit: IDF.)
Topaz was an officer in the Military Intelligence Directorate’s Research Department.
By JNS
An Israel Defense Forces soldier seriously hurt in a vehicular assault in central Israel earlier this month has succumbed to his wounds, the military announced on Thursday morning.
Cpt. Ariel Topaz, 24, from Pardes Hanna, was one of four soldiers hurt in the terror attack at the Nir Tzvi Junction near the city of Lod on July 14.
Topaz was an officer in the Military Intelligence Directorate’s Research Department.
First responders at the scene of a car ramming near Lod, July 14, 2024. Credit: Magen David Adom.
The terrorist, identified as 26-year-old Muhammad Shahab from the Kafr Aqab neighborhood of northeastern Jerusalem, was neutralized by Border Police officers.
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