Illustrative image. (The Israeli Defense Forces)
An initial probe by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) into the deaths of two reservists in the central Gaza Strip on April 29 found that they were killed in a friendly fire incident.
The two reservists, both Master Sergeants, were serving in the ranks of the Yiftah Brigade’s 9232nd Battalion and the Carmeli Brigade’s 223rd Battalion.
The IDF probe, which was released on April 30, found that the incident began as an Israeli tank was hit by a roadside bomb near the Turkish Hospital in the so-called Netzarim Corridor, a 6.8 kilometers-long Israeli-occupied belt that stretches from the Be’eri area in southern Israel to Gaza’s coast and splits the Strip in half.
Shortly after the blast, mortars and anti-tank missiles were launched by Hamas fighters toward troops in the corridor area, according to the probe.
Amid an exchange of fire, a tank of the Yiftah Brigade left an encampment and shelled a building in the area. The building had been outside of the tank force’s designated boundaries, the probe revealed, meaning the soldiers were not supposed to open fire toward that area.
Several troops, including the two reservists, were in the building when it was hit. The two were killed on the spot and two other soldiers were wounded, including one seriously, according to the IDF.
Out of the 263 Israeli troops killed in ground operations in Gaza, at least 43 were killed by friendly fire and in other accidents, according to the IDF. Another 1,593 soldiers have been wounded in the ground operation so far, 322 of them were seriously wounded, 526 moderately and 745 lightly.
The IDF maintains very little presence in Gaza outside the Netzarim Corridor. Last week, the elite Nahal Brigade was withdrawn from the corridor to prepare for a possible attack on the southern Gaza city of Rafah. The Yiftah and Carmeli brigades took over.
The deadly incident in the corridor, which was ultimately caused by a successful Hamas attack, highlighted coordination problems within the IDF.
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look into the hannibal directive. the idf would rather kill their own
unlike hamas hiding behind the sick in hospitals and in tunnels under the hospitals and child care centers. you are a moron and a kike.
does he even understand the meaning of kike? kike: a contemptuous term for a jewish person. i don’t think he would understand what “a contemptuous term” means, lmao.
also, please share your source for your claims… the idf and “israel” government don’t even make such stupid claim anymore.
previously they killed hostages with white flag, now they are killing each other. that’s what happening with black heart people full of hate — shoot first, think later. total madness.
(((the tribe))) has been kicked out of many many many states over thousands of years for some strange reason. their love of usury, sabotage, duplicity and lack of ethics could have something to do with it….
pssst. shut up you kike. you’re giving it all away. f0ck much
they tell all sorts of lies. for example, as they say (if it’s what i imagined, then it’s real) = funny stories about fake victims like s0@p and l@mpshade factories or piercing the head with a large metal rod and surviving without scars to prove it…
3000 years ago, a tribe arrived in the levant. they named themselfs jews. nobody knows from where they came, noting of there past exists. always provoking trobles and bin shased and exterminated. this time they realy are exposed as non humanoids. hopefull they will no more escape and humanity will be saved. a total blokade is nessesary and a deep cleaning desinfection. palestine will shine again as it was for thousend off years.
no. we kill you eat you and shit you
your days are numbered shit eating cunt!!!
there is no thinking in the equation, just violence. it should really be a wake up call to anyone when their own troops kill their own hostages waving a white flag, demonstrating just how little the idf there care about decency. it should make anyone with a brain stop wondering about all of the stories of other atrocities carried out against palestinians from rape to more wanton slaughter and even intentionally luring civilians into kill zones.
gay surgeon did gonad replacement surgery —his gonad in my mouth
jens you love a mouthful.
shame they didnt use yair netanyahu as human shield…
they might sooner or later, bibi is begging biden to stop icc case against him right now…
yes, icc is a joke but bibi would be 1st western clown to face it and he is a zionist. 76 years only and they are at the end of the line.
so, die then…
or your kike mom’s fat butt.
such hit shit happens with honed regularity. keeping up the good work
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that’s because hamas and idf are the same entity
and they wear the same skirts with chops to their sodomy events
but without the flowery knickers
and the “i’m daddy’s slut” tank tops.
it’s easier that way, they have found…
between the psychos and all the little bitch enablers, anyone with a brain should clearly see how it is totally insane to want to live around the genetic stock of this planet. they are either imbeciles or people who know this is the place for them to find imbeciles to lick their feet and be their demented-plaything slaves.
hahahahaha morons
when there are no palestinians around, how do you expect a good zionist to slake their bloodlust?
justice for palestine — give it back to the palestinians.
remember the uss liberty & 9/11 cia/mossad false flags, and all the victims of zionist terrorism.
folks… this is what these people would do to the whole planet if given half a chance. bloodlust is in their genes. they don’t care who they kill, just so long as they are killing someone.
hahahahahahaha hahahahahahaha hahahahahahaha ahahahahahahahahaah.