The French soldier was on a group patrol as part of a national protection program when he was attacked from behind, prosecutor Robert Gelli told Europe 1 radio.

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At the wheel is a former British Special Air Service soldier, squiring three clipboard-toting engineers from Bechtel Group.

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Ms. ROBERT: It's been very hectic trying to raise two children, be a wife of a deployed soldier, a nursing student and the president of a Family Readiness Group.

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Group officials told CNN the gunman had managed to enter an Israeli military base and overcome an Israeli soldier before he was taken down by other forces.

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