The levaya for Nachal Chareidi (Netzach Yehuda) officer, Captain Yishai Russels z”l,  who was killed in a training accident, is set for 01:00 (Wednesday to Thursday night)  in Har Herzl Military Cemetery in Yerushalayim.

Russels, 23, a member of the Netzach Yehuda unit was killed at the Tzeilim base in southern Israel as a result of a training mishap involving a mortar shell. The fatal accident is being probed by the IDF. Chief of Ground Forces Major-General Guy Tzur ordered to halt all training exercises until the probe into the tragic accident is completed. Tzur appointed experts in both armored and artillery warfare to oversee the probe.

Russels was from Moshav Beit Meir in the Jerusalem corridor. In line with IDF custom of promoting a soldier posthumously, he was promoted from 1st lieutenant to captain following his death.

The Netzach Yehuda Battalion released a message of mourning following the tragic accident involving Russels’ company, issuing a call to all current and past members of the battalion to participate in the levaya.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)