The light aircraft lost contact with ground control while flying over the Jerusalem Hills area on Saturday.
Israelis commemorate the 73 soldiers killed when two helicopters collided on their way to Lebanon in 1997. To this day the IDF has yet to give a definite reason as to why the helicopters crashed.
Cpt. Ron Birman was the sole survivor of the crash. He was able to escape the helicopter before it sank with the two pilots inside but was unable to rescue the two pilots.
While the press faces censorship on what it can report, Knesset members are under no obligation to abide by such rules.
Mobileye CEO and founder Amnon Shashua was lightly injured on Sunday morning after the helicopter he was flying crashed into a field in the Sharon region.
At least two homes appeared to have been destroyed by an ensuing fire, where the crash occurred, the city of Santee, California, reported on Twitter.
The aircraft, which came down near the city of Menzelinsky, had been carrying 20 parachutists and two crew members.
A passenger was killed, and the pilot was injured in a plane crash in Montreal.
Haim Garon, a former deputy director at the Communications Ministry, was a prosecution witness in the Netanyahu trial.
"Thanks to the activities of ZAKA representatives, Chabad emissaries and benefactors, the families will be able to "bury their loved ones even before Shabbat," ZAKA CEO Dubi Wiesenstern said.
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