The IAF "Atalef" maritime helicopter went down Monday in the Mediterranean off the coast of the northern city of Haifa during a training flight, the army said in a statement.
Rescue teams, including Israel's Special Forces Underwater Missions Unit, were deployed but were unable to save two pilots who were declared dead at the scene.
A third crew member -- an aerial observer -- was "moderately injured", the army said.
Israeli Air Force Commander Amikam Norkin announced a temporary freeze on training exercises.
A senior officer would lead an investigative team examining the "incident", the army said, without giving any further indication of the cause of the crash.
Two Tunisian soldiers killed in helicopter crash: ministry
Tunis (AFP) Jan 3, 2022 -
Two Tunisian soldiers were killed in a helicopter crash on Monday, one instantly and the other of his wounds in hospital, the defence ministry said.
The military helicopter crashed in the early afternoon during a routine mission in the northern Tunisia region of Bizerte.
"The copilot was killed during the crash and the pilot, who was severely injured, was swiftly transported to the regional hospital in Bizerte, where he died," defence ministry spokesman Mohamed Zekri told AFP.
In early October, three Tunisian soldiers were killed in a helicopter crash during a nighttime training excercise in the southern region of Gabes.
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