Keren Tendler

This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Keren Tendler (Hebrew: קרן טנדלר; September 26, 1979 - August 12, 2006) was Israel's first female helicopter flight mechanic[1] soon after a court allowed women to serve in combat positions.

[2] She was the first female Israeli soldier to die on active duty since the killing of Keren Ya’akobi in Hebron in December 2002.

[3] 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.

[4] A fund was established in her name to help other young women become flight mechanics.

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