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Jewish News 24 · Sep 21, 2026

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💔🇮🇱 BDE — ISRAELI FATHER DIES TRYING TO SAVE HIS SON IN SLOVENIA: Gil Hillel, 44, a father of three from Kibbutz Yizre’el, was killed Saturday after falling nearly 60 meters into a ravine while rushing to rescue his 7-year-old son near Slovenia’s Savica waterfall. The boy, who had fallen moments earlier, suffered serious injuries including a broken leg and was airlifted to a Ljubljana hospital, where he is expected to recover. Rescue teams pronounced Hillel dead at the scene, arrangements are reportedly being made to return his body to Israel.

💔🇮🇱 BDE — ISRAELI FATHER DIES TRYING TO SAVE HIS SON IN SLOVENIA: Gil Hillel, 44, a father of three from Kibbutz Yizre’el, was killed Saturday after falling nearly 60 meters into a ravine while rushing to rescue his 7-year-old son near Slovenia’s Savica waterfall. The boy, who had fallen moments earlier, suffered serious injuries including a broken leg and was airlifted to a Ljubljana hospital, where he is expected to recover. Rescue teams pronounced Hillel dead at the scene, arrangements are reportedly being made to return his body to Israel.

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