Published 16 May 2024 at 15.28
Foreign. Five Israeli soldiers were killed and seven wounded on Wednesday after being mistakenly attacked by their own forces, Haaretz reports.
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A preliminary investigation of the deaths show that Israeli tanks identified a weapon and opened fire on nearby Israeli forces.
The unit fired upon had entered northern Gaza and occupied buildings. Tanks fired two grenades, resulting in five soldiers being killed and seven injured, three of them seriously.
The dead soldiers were all paratroopers aged 20-22.
The incident is being further investigated by the Israeli military IDF.
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