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Friday January 26, 1996

Israeli army loses fewer soldiers in '95

JERUSALEM (JPS) -- Fifty-one Israeli soldiers were killed in action during 1995, 23 of them in Lebanon, according to an annual a
The number of army suicides, 43, was the same as in 1994. Twenty soldiers were killed in accidents.

Of the 43 suicides, 29 were male and five were female soldiers in compulsory service; five were professional soldiers; and four were in reserve duty. For the first time in many years, none of the suicide victims was a new immigrant.

The committee praised the army for its activities in lowering the rate of road accidents.

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