VT Foreign Policy
Five Israeli soldiers were killed and another seven were wounded, including three seriously, in an incident of so-called friendly fire in northern Gazaâs Jabaliya yesterday, the military announces.
The slain troops are named as
- Cpt. Roy Beit Yaakov, 22, from Eli
- Staff Sgt. Gilad Arye Boim, 22, from Karnei Shomron
- Sgt. Daniel Chemu, 20, from Tiberias
- Sgt. Ilan Cohen, 20, from Karmiel
- Staff Sgt. Betzalel David Shashuah, 21, from Tel Aviv
The soldiers all served in the Paratroopers Brigadeâs 202nd Battalion.
According to an initial IDF probe, a tank operating alongside the paratroopers in the Jabaliya camp fired two shells at a building where they were gathered at around 7 p.m.
The tank forces had arrived at the area in the morning hours, and several hours later, the paratroopers reached the area and established a post in the building. Later in the evening, another group of paratroopers reached the area and notified two of the tanks there that they were entering the building…
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