Missing IDF soldier Eliezer Ashkenazi found dead after 24 hours

He went missing on Sunday morning and the IDF had been looking for his whereabouts since Sunday night.

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF soldiers partake in a drill (photo credit: IDF)
IDF soldiers partake in a drill
(photo credit: IDF)
IDF soldier Eliezer Ashkenazi, 20, has been found dead after he went missing on Sunday morning after leaving his home in Kfar Saba, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit reported.
Ashkenazi was found in central Israel and a message was sent to his family.
He was supposed to travel to the Golan Heights but never arrived.
Military police have opened an investigation into the incident.
Search parties began attempts to track him down on Sunday evening, Army Radio reported in a tweet on Sunday.
In August, Dvir Sorek, a soldier in a Hesder military program, was found after he had been killed in a terrorist attack when friends and teachers reported that he had gone missing.