The Jaffa military court extended remand of an elite Duvdevan unit combat soldier suspected of accidentally killing First Sergeant Shachar Strug as a result of a bullet accidentally discharged from his pistol.
The soldier is suspected of impeding investigation proceedings after it became clear that after the incident he had deleted text messages from his cell phone.
The incident occurred last Tuesday at an IDF base in the center of the country, when a bullet was fired from the soldier's pistol and hit the upper body of 20-year-old Strug from Givatayim.
Strug was seriously injured and evacuated to Jerusalem's Hadassah Hospital on Mount Scopus where doctors struggled for his life but were ultimately forced to declare his death.
About 1,000 people took part in Strug's funeral in the military section of Tel Aviv's Kiryat Shaul cemetery. He left behind parents, Kobi and Michal, and a 15-year-old sister.
Michal, Shachar's mother, eulogized him, "He was his mother's entire life; my greatest pride in the world - how rare you are. You were so happy, so I wasn't worried. Everyone who knows you knows that when you call, the phone's screen says 'Shachar the King'. King Shachar won't be phoning me any more," she said.
"I'm in shock from these words I'm writing," referring to her eulogy. "How can I survive? Remember I told you to take care of yourself, because without you we have no life? Our lives are ruined," the mother added in tears. "You were a perfect prince, it's what you were made of, what you did when times got tough. I don't know what I'm supposed to say; you're my crowning achievement. We'll never part."