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Last Words of Battalion Commander Dor Ben Shimon Revealed in IDF Footage
How 2 Israeli newsrooms covered this story — translated into English and compared side by side.
100% right-leaningFirst reported by Kikar HaShabbat · 16 hours ago
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What happened
The IDF released footage of Lt. Col. Dor Ben Shimon speaking to his soldiers just before entering Lebanon. He was killed last week in southern Lebanon, along with three other troops, when a booby-trapped drone struck their tank near Taybe.
- 01The IDF published footage of Dor Ben Shimon before the Lebanon operation.
- 02He told troops he was a husband and father and intended to return.
- 03Ben Shimon was killed last week in southern Lebanon with three other soldiers.
- 04A booby-trapped drone hit their tank near the village of Taybe.
- 05He commanded Battalion 52 and was 32, from Kibbutz Beit Hashita.
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