(1975-94)
An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) corporal kidnapped by Hamas terrorists on 9 October 1994. The kidnappers threatened to murder him unless Israel agreed to free Hamas's founder and spiritual leader, Sheikh Ahmed Ismail Yassin, and other imprisoned Palestinians. Waxman was killed during a rescue attempt by IDF commandos in the West Bank village of Bir Nabala on 14 October 1994.
Historical Dictionary of Israel. Bernard Reich David H. Goldberg. Edited by Jon Woronoff..