One killed, one injured in army base explosion

The dead was identified as 38-year-old Shai Gabay from Givat Olga in northern Israel.

By ANNA AHRONHEIM
An IDF soldier at the scene of a terror attack at a bus stop near an IDF army base in Samaria. An IDF reservist soldier was stabbed by a Palestinian terrorist and a civilian woman was moderately wounded in the leg from an IDF shooting. Samaria, Oct 11, 2018 (photo credit: SHLOMO MELET/TPS)
An IDF soldier at the scene of a terror attack at a bus stop near an IDF army base in Samaria. An IDF reservist soldier was stabbed by a Palestinian terrorist and a civilian woman was moderately wounded in the leg from an IDF shooting. Samaria, Oct 11, 2018
(photo credit: SHLOMO MELET/TPS)
A civilian employee of the military was killed and another worker was injured after a fire extinguisher exploded on an army base in central Israel on Tuesday, officials said.
He was identified as 38 year-old Shai Gabay from Givat Olga in the North. He died in hospital after being critically injured during routine work at the Tel Hashomer military base. Gabay worked as a technician on armored vehicles at the maintenance and repair center.
Shai Gabay (Credit: IDF Spokesman's Unit)
Shai Gabay (Credit: IDF Spokesman's Unit)
A second civilian worker was lightly injured in the blast and was taken to hospital for treatment.
Gabay was buried Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the New Hadera cemetery. The IDF said his family has requested no media coverage of the funeral.
The military stated that the head of the Technology and Logistics Division, Maj.-Gen. Itzik Turgman, has opened an investigation into the incident. Military Police also launched an investigation.
In May, a warehouse at the base caught fire following an explosion but was quickly extinguished.


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