Roi Klein was an Israeli Golani Brigade major who died in the 2006 Lebanon War after jumping on a grenade to save fellow soldiers. Through 2010 the opening noted that in 2002, Klein received a Chief of Staff Citation for his conduct during an ambush near Nablus in which 5 terrorists were killed. Today's opening covers only his 2006 death, with the citation and ambush gone, though terror survives twice elsewhere in the article. A reader today does not learn that Klein was decorated for an ambush near Nablus in which five terrorists were killed.
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Roi Klein ( ; ; July 10 1975–July 26 2006) was a Major in the Golani Brigade of the Israeli Defense Forces . Klein was killed in the Battle of Bint Jbeil during the 2006 Lebanon War after jumping on a grenade to save his fellow soldiers .1Klein was born in Raanana , Israel . He began his IDF service in the Paratroopers Brigade but later transferred to the Golani Brigade's Egoz Reconnaissance Unit . In 2002, Klein received a Chief of Staff Citation for his conduct during an ambush near Nablus in which 5 terrorists were killed . During the Battle of Bint Jbeil, a hand grenade was thrown into the house where Klein and his unit were present. Klein told his men "Report that I've been killed" and subsequently jumped on the live grenade and stopped the explosion with his body . The soldiers reported that Klein recited the Jewish prayer, Shema Yisrael , as he jumped on the grenade . Roi Klein became a symbol for heroism in Israel . New schools in Netanya and Raanana have been named after him. Klein lived in Eli , an Israeli settlement in the West Bank . He was married and had two sons: Gilad and Yoav.2
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Roi Klein ( ; ; (July 27, 1975—July 26, 2006) was an Israeli major in the Golani Brigade of the Israeli Defense Forces (and one of its most highly decorated soldiers) who died during the 2006 Lebanon War . Klein was killed in the Battle of Bint Jbeil after jumping on a grenade to save his fellow soldiers.
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Roi Klein ( ; ; (July 10, 1975—July 26, 2006) was an Israeli major in the Golani Brigade of the Israeli Defense Forces (and one of its most highly decorated soldiers) who died during the 2006 Lebanon War . Klein was killed in the Battle of Bint Jbeil after jumping on a grenade to save his fellow soldiers.
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Israeli army officer Roi Klein ( ; ; (July 10, 1975—July 26, 2006) was an Israeli major in the Golani Brigade of the Israeli Defense Forces (and one of its most highly decorated soldiers) who died during the 2006 Lebanon War . Klein was killed in the Battle of Bint Jbeil after jumping on a grenade to save his fellow soldiers.
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Israeli army officer Roi Klein ( Hebrew : רועי קליין ; IPA: [ʁoˈʕi klain] ; (July 10, 1975—July 26, 2006) was an Israeli major in the Golani Brigade of the Israeli Defense Forces (and one of its most highly decorated soldiers) who died during the 2006 Lebanon War . Klein was killed in the Battle of Bint Jbeil after jumping on a grenade to save his fellow soldiers.
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major in the golani brigade of the israeli defense forces
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israeli major in the golani brigade of the israeli defense forces
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