Israel remembers 73 soldiers killed in helicopter disaster 19 years ago

The tragedy has become known in Israeli parlance as 'ason ha'msokim' ('the helicopters disaster').

The memorial for 73 soldiers killed in the 1997 helicopter disaster

The memorial for 73 soldiers killed in the 1997 helicopter disaster

(photo credit: ELAD WEINSTEIN /CC-BY-SA-3.0)

ByNOAM AMIR/MAARIV HASHAVUA

FEBRUARY 5, 2016 17:08

Updated: FEBRUARY 5, 2016 17:17