IDF Bedouin tracker Sgt.-Maj. Madin Grifat, 23, who was killed yesterday in a bomb attack near Netzarim, in Israel's southern Mediterranean coastal area, was laid to rest this afternoon in his hometown Beit-Zarzir cemetery. He was the 28th soldier from the town to fall in battle.
Grifat's unit had been patrolling in the Netzarim area when Arabs detonated a powerful roadside charge that killed him and moderately wounded another soldier. The Islamic Jihad terrorist organization has claimed responsibility for the attack. Grifat is survived by his parents and nine siblings. He is the fourth Bedouin tracker from his town to die in 2002.
Grifat's unit had been patrolling in the Netzarim area when Arabs detonated a powerful roadside charge that killed him and moderately wounded another soldier. The Islamic Jihad terrorist organization has claimed responsibility for the attack. Grifat is survived by his parents and nine siblings. He is the fourth Bedouin tracker from his town to die in 2002.