Keren Tendler [SEP] country of citizenship
Keren Tendler
Keren Tendler (; died August 12, 2006) was Israel's first female helicopter flight mechanic soon after a court allowed women to serve in combat positions.
She was the first female Israeli soldier to die on active duty since the killing of Keren Ya’akobi in Hebron in December 2002. Tendler was killed during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict, along with four other crew members, when their helicopter, a CH-53 Sea Stallion "Yas'ur", was shot down upon lifting off in Lebanon. A fund was established
of Kibbutz Evron
- Capt. Daniel Gomez (Helicopter crew), 25, of Nehalim
- Warr.Ofc.(res.) Ron Mashiah (Helicopter crew), 33, of Gedera
- Sgt.-Maj. Keren Tendler (Helicopter crew), 26, of Rehovot
Aug 13, 2006
- Lt.(res.) Eliel Ben-Yehuda (Carmeli Brigade), 24, of Kfar Tavor
- Sgt.-Maj.(res.) Guy Hasson (Carmeli Brigade), 24, of Moshav Na'ama
- St.-Sgt.(res.) Yaniv Shainbrum (