JIM WEST: Very Sad News: The Death of Yuval Peleg. Jim includes links to articles collected by Joseph Lauer which mention the accidental, on-site death of a senior archaeologist but do not yet give a name. Jack Sasson also confirms on the Agade List that he has received the same news "from Israel."
Yuval Peleg has been mentioned from time to time on PaleoJudaica, mostly, but not exclusively, in connection with his sometimes controversial excavation work at the site of Qumran. See, for example, here, here, and here, and links.
May his memory be for a blessing.
UPDATE: Arutz Sheva: Archaeologist Killed in Samaria Cave-In. Yuval Peleg, 45, of Kfar Adumim, was a senior archaeologist in the IDF's Civil Administration (Ido Ben Porat, Gil Ronen).
