71st Israeli fatality of Gaza war: Man succumbs to wounds from rocket attack

21-year-old IDF soldier Netanel Maman died this morning after succumbing to wounds sustained when a rocket landed near a car he was in.

By JPOST.COM STAFF, BEN HARTMAN
Netanel Maman (photo credit: FACEBOOK)
Netanel Maman
(photo credit: FACEBOOK)
IDF Sgt. Netanel Maman, 21, from Gan Yavne, died on Friday morning, succumbing to wounds sustained from a rocket attack last week.
Maman, a Gaza veteran, sustained head injuries from shrapnel when a rocket struck near the car he was traveling in while on leave.
He had been hospitalized at the Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Campus in Petah Tikva. Maman was buried in the military section of the Gan Yavne Cemetery on Friday afternoon.
Maman’s death brings the toll from Operation Protective Edge on the Israeli side to 71, with 64 of them soldiers.
According to Magen David Adom, there were 842 Israeli casualties during the fighting.
Seven civilians were killed by rocket or mortar strikes, 36 were wounded by shrapnel, including 10 who were seriously hurt, six who were moderately wounded and 20 who sustained light wounds. MDA added that another 33 people were hurt by shattered glass, and that 18 were hurt in traffic accidents that occurred when rocket warning sirens sounded, including one person who was seriously injured. Also, 159 people were injured while running for bomb shelters, and 581 were treated for shock